Trump picks Oregon's U.S. Rep. Chavez-DeRemer for labor secretary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Since losing her election, Chavez-DeRemer has vocally praised Trump, writing on X earlier this week that he "expanded on his Working Class coalition by speaking directly to hardworking Americans.
58% : "I look forward to working with her to create tremendous opportunity for American Workers, to expand Training and Apprenticeships, to grow wages and improve working conditions, to bring back our Manufacturing jobs," Trump said in a statement. '
52% : Most of those endorsements came from small local unions, though she received the sole endorsement of Teamsters Joint Council No. 37, which represents roughly 20,000 workers in various industries across Oregon, Idaho and southwest Washington.
48% : The state's other large unions -- Service Employees International Union Local 503, with 72,000 members; the Oregon Education Association, with 41,000 members; and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, with 300,000 Oregon members -- exclusively backed Bynum.Chavez-DeRemer rarely mentioned Trump on the campaign trail, though she publicly endorsed him ahead of the May primary in Oregon.
43% : Both liberals and conservatives have criticized her labor record -- Democrats say she hasn't proven that she's a friend of the labor movement despite seeking endorsements, while conservative organizations including the Competitive Enterprise Institute faulted her for backing the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act, a Democratic priority which would weaken state "right-to-work" laws to allow unions to collect dues from all employees, increase penalties for employers who violate labor law and strengthen employees' legal rights to join a union.
41% : Some of her colleagues in Oregon's congressional delegation were surprised by rumors Trump was considering Chavez-DeRemer.
20% : Trump on Friday praised Chavez-DeRemer, the daughter of a Teamster who sought endorsements from unions in her unsuccessful reelection campaign, for building relationships with business and labor.
4% : "Democrats criticized Chavez-DeRemer for endorsing Trump and voting for Johnson as speaker, as well as for inconsistent statements and actions on issues including abortion rights, protections for LGBTQ+ individuals and the Biden administration's infrastructure law.

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