NEW YORK (AP) — Union leaders have described President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor as a friend of organized labor. But as her confirmation hearing began Wednesday, advocates for workers’ rights question whether Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be able to uphold that reputation in an administration that has fired thousands of federal employees.
Chavez-DeRemer, a former Republican member of Congress from Oregon and former mayor of a small city on the edge of liberal-leaning Portland, is appearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, the first stop in her confirmation process.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana who chairs the committee, opened the
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