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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Trump's Labor Nominee Walks Back Pro-union Stances

Senators also pushed Lori Chavez-DeRemer to defend President Donald Trump's flurry of executive actions, which critics have denounced as unlawful (Credit: AFP)

Donald Trump's labor secretary nominee on Wednesday distanced herself from previous pro-union stances that sparked Republican criticism, as she called herself a champion of the US president's "America First agenda."

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a former Oregon congresswoman, was one of just three Republicans to cosponsor the Pro Act -- the cornerstone of legislative efforts to strengthen US labor law and reverse the longtime decline of private sector unionization.

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