Tag: secretary
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Lori Chavez-DeRemer confirmed as labor secretary
Dive Brief: Lori Chavez-DeRemer, former Republican congresswoman from Oregon, was confirmed as labor secretary in a Senate vote Monday evening. The 67-32 vote in support of Chavez-DeRemer included 17 Democrats. Three Republicans voted against her confirmation. Given her favorable rapport with unions and past support for legislation like the PRO Act, Chavez-DeRemer is expected to…
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Trump names former EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling deputy labor secretary
Dive Brief: President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Keith Sonderling to serve as the new deputy labor secretary, he announced via a post Wednesday on Truth Social. In the new role, Sonderling, a Republican former commissioner on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission whose term ended in August, would hold the No. 2 spot at the…