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Dive Brief:
- President-elect Donald Trump on Friday evening nominated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, as his nominee for Labor Secretary. Chavez-DeRemer, who served one term in Congress, lost her recent bid for re-election to Democrat Janelle Bynum.
- Trump said he looks forward to working with her to expand apprenticeships, raise wages and improve working conditions.
- Teamsters President Sean O’Brien voiced his support Chavez-DeRemer, saying she previously pledged “to do it listen to workers and find common ground to protect and respect work in America.”
Diving knowledge:
Chavez-DeRemer is one of the president-elect’s latest cabinet picks, joining TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator), WWE Co-Founder and former Small Business Association Administrator Linda McMahon (Education). secretary) and Fox Business host and former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., (transportation secretary), among others.
Earlier, G. Roger King, senior labor and employment adviser for the Human Resource Policy Association, said HR Dive Society for Human Resource Management President and CEO Johnny C. Taylor Jr. was running in the bid for the US Department of Labor cabinet seat.
