Punching In: Defining Pro-Worker for Trump’s Labor Secretary

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

High Expectations for Labor | New Glasses for OSHA

Rebecca Rainey: Worker advocacy groups are laying out their demands for Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President-elect Donald Trump’s seemingly labor-friendly pick to lead the US Labor Department, offering up a laundry list of policy choices she should make to prove her pro-worker chops.

The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute has called on Chavez-DeRemer to fight for at least a $14 billion budget for the agency and defend the Biden rule to expand overtime protections to 4 million workers in court. The group also wants her to ...