POLITICO is teasing that pro-union RINO and former Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer is being
redstate.com By Jennifer Oliver O’Connell
POLITICO is teasing that pro-union RINO and former Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer is being pushed on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team for U.S. Secretary of Labor. Chavez-DeRemer has the endorsement of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, which automatically sets off alarm bells for every freelancer, independent professional, entrepreneur and small business owner.
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) is in the mix to be Trump’s Labor secretary and, notably, has the backing of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, according to three people familiar with the conversations granted anonymity to share private discussions.
O’Brien is privately raising Chavez-DeRemer’s name as a top pick for the role. GOP leaders on Capitol Hill have also advocated for Chavez-DeRemer for the job directly with President-elect Donald Trump and his team, according to another person familiar with the matter.
Kara Deniz, a Teamsters spokesperson, confirmed that O’Brien supports Chavez-DeRemer for the role, saying “we think she would be an excellent choice.”
Oh, Hell No. Independent Contractors did not work to get rid of the Biden-Harris administration’s assault on us through the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board only to get more of the same and potentially worse. Lori Chavez-DeRemer would be nothing but Julie Su 2.0. The 2024 election helped many freelancers, independent professionals, entrepreneurs, and small business owners coalesce as one-issue voters: This wholesale attack by a Democrat administration showed us that we needed to lay aside the Red and the Blue and vote for our livelihoods. Independent professionals are uniting again to ensure that a potential Chavez-DeRemer nomination goes nowhere.
We already DID exercise our power. We just don’t realize it. Many once true blue voters like me rejected @KamalaHarris. I voted for nobody. Some went third party. Some even went Trump. It’s fair to say that @TheDemocrats lost because of their attacks on #freelancers https://t.co/8i2KpLVode
— Bill Hinchberger (@hinchberger) November 18, 2024
Fight for Freelancers co-founder Kim Kavin, who partnered with other independent professionals to sue the U.S. Department of Labor over the ultimate freelance-busting tactic thrown at us by the Biden-Harris administration — the final Independent Contractor rule — addressed OH Sen. and VP-elect JD Vance with our concerns. Vance has expressed support for unions but has also made it clear that he does not support the PRO Act.
Dear @JDVance,
You said in the campaign that we need to stop supporting failed policy like the #PROAct
Please tell @realDonaldTrump we want the protection he gave us in his last term *from* this
DeRemer as labor secretary would support it and hurt ushttps://t.co/7cJaNJPLv8
— Kim Kavin (@thekimkavin) November 20, 2024
My colleague Bonchie is also rallying the troops. The majority of writers on Team RedState, as well as other publications, are independent contractors; so any support of this woman and her policies would be co-signing the death to our professional lives.
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