Pro-Union Labor Chief Pick to Navigate Unusual Confirmation Path

US Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) has a fine line to walk as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Labor Department as scrutiny over her voting record will likely be front and center during her confirmation proceedings.

Her voting history on major labor policy issues in Congress is about as good as it gets for a Republican, unions say, with her backing of Democrats’ sweeping labor rights overhaul—the Protecting the Right to Organize Act—and her voting against or sitting out of GOP resolutions to cancel labor-friendly Biden administration-era rules.

Despite her affinity with organized labor on the Hill, ...