Trump Labor Nominee Walks Back Past Support of Pro-Union Bill

Lori Chavez-DeRemer Wednesday distanced herself from her past support of expanding collective bargaining law, vowing to senators she would follow President Donald Trump’s agenda if confirmed as his Secretary of Labor.

The one-term Republican congresswoman disavowed her previous backing of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (H.R. 842) during a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, asserting her cosponsorship of the bill was intended to ensure she was part of the conversation.

“I recognize that I’m no longer the lawmaker, and I do not believe that the Secretary of Labor should write the ...