Will Lori Chavez-DeRemer Respect State Labor Reforms?

Originally published at Delaware Valley Journal

Federalism is back. However, with the recent nomination of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as labor secretary, Congress must stay true to the federal government’s longstanding approach to labor policy.

Donald Trump ran on a message of state sovereignty. Unfortunately, Chavez-DeRemer has a record of the opposite: supporting federal legislation that would reverse state labor reforms and replace them with federal policies favoring union officials over employees. 

She was one of the few House Republicans to support the “PRO Act,” which obliterates prevalent right-to-work laws in every state, and the even more radical Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, which turns nearly every public-sector job in state and local governments over to union organizers.

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