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Lori Chavez-Deremer

National

Labor Secretary oversaw ‘toxic’ workplace

Inspector general’s report confirms press about office drinking and misuse of funds.
National

Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer steps down amid scandal

Lori Chavez-DeRemer lasted 12 months as Trump's labor secretary, gone after scandal over inappropriate conduct and misuse of public funds. 
International

Labor secretary slashes solidarity grants

Federal funding cuts have decimated the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center and all but ended U.S. support for international labor rights work.
National

Senate confirms Trump labor secretary

Lori Chavez-DeRemer won Senate confirmation 67-32, with Democrats split and a few Republicans voting against her for being too pro-union.
National

Chavez-DeRemer walks back support for PRO Act

President Trump’s nominee for Labor Secretary, a former Oregon Congresswoman, won’t push a minimum wage increase either.
National

Merkley backs Chavez-DeRemer for labor secretary

No date has been set yet for a Senate confirmation hearing.
National

Trump taps Chavez-DeRemer for labor secretary

Oregon’s pro-labor Republican lost her seat in the House. Now she’ll go to the Senate for a cabinet confirmation hearing.
Workers Rights

Oregon Republican signs onto pro-union PRO Act

It’s the latest pro-union stance by swing district Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, but the PRO Act has little chance of passage.
National

GOP Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer backs pro-union ‘messaging bill’ that would dump Janus

The bill is thought to have zero chance of passing the GOP House, and didn't get a hearing when Democrats were in charge either.
Politics

Teamster’s daughter

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Oregon’s lone Republican Congresswoman, is courting organized labor.
National

Biden: ‘Let’s finish the job’

Three Oregon union members were guests at Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union address, which featured heckling and off-script engagement.