In a significant development amid the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer as the nation’s new Labor Secretary by a vote of 67 to 32. Her confirmation marks a strategic pivot by the Trump administration—one that signals an intent to reshape the relationship between the White House and organized labor,

By selecting Chavez-DeRemer, whose background is notably tied to union roots (her father was a Teamsters member), Trump appears determined to break up the longstanding alliance between the Democratic Party and organized labor, thereby reinforcing a pro-worker stance that is central to his political message.