Trump's Labor secretary pick is surprisingly pro-union. It doesn't mean his administration will be

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : But in the end, the secretary serves at the pleasure of the president, who has promised to cut regulations and free up business interests -- an agenda that is often at odds with the interests of workers and unions," Vachon said of Trump selecting Chavez-DeRemer.
53% : Trump can immediately replace Jennifer Abruzzo, the powerful NLRB general counsel who has taken a very pro-union, activist role during her tenure under Biden.
51% : Trump can also quickly give the NLRB a Republican majority.
48% : It's also a jump from the 42% who voted for Trump in 2016.
45% : O'Brien was one of those pushing for Chavez-DeRemer to be picked as Labor secretary, and in a tweet,thanked Trump "for putting American workers first" by nominating the Oregon congresswoman.
44% : Despite labor leaders' strong support for Vice-President Kamala Harris, 45% of voters from households with a union member voted for Trump, according to CNN exit polls.
40% : The exchange prompted the UAW to file another unfair labor practice complaint against Musk.Organizing could be more difficultUnion organizing soared during Biden's tenure, with high-profile wins at companies like Starbucks and Amazon, as well as low-profile wins at other workplaces, particularly in higher education.
39% : But there are concerns among organized labor supporters that it will be tougher for unions to continue those gains under the NLRB members who Trump would likely appoint.
39% : It's to roll back as much as they have won in better rules the last four years," said Todd Vachon, director of the Labor Education Action Research Network and a professor of labor studies at Rutgers, referring to the conservative blueprint for the federal government that Trump has tried to distance himself from.
37% : ""During his first term, Trump appointed anti-worker, anti-union National Labor Relations Board members," Pringle said.
34% : Teamsters President Sean O'Brien, who spoke at the Republican National Convention but stopped short of endorsing Trump, said one of the reasons for staying neutral was that nearly 60% of his membership supported the former president.
34% : "Trump should keep on looking.
33% : Calemine said a particular concern is how Trump could strip both job protections from federal civil service employees and public-sector unions of their collective bargaining rights.
29% : In August, Musk and Trump laughed at the idea of the tech billionaire firing union supporters when they chatted on X, the Musk-owned social media platform.
14% : That's up from the 40% who voted for Trump in 2020, when he ran against Joe Biden, who had stronger ties to the union movement than Harris.

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