Trump’s New Labor Adviser a Former Heritage Fellow

The White House has appointed James Sherk, a former Heritage Foundation fellow who opposes substantial minimum wage hikes and expanded union rights, to advise the president on labor and employment issues.

Sherk slid over to the White House Domestic Policy Council without an announcement several weeks ago, sources briefed on the move told Bloomberg BNA Feb. 23. He was on the Labor Department’s landing team during the presidential transition, and starting on Jan. 20, he briefly served on the DOL’s “beachhead team” of temporary political appointees.

Sherk worked for seven years as a labor economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, ...