President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to oversee labor unions didn't sit well with Rupert Murdoch's prestigious newspaper the Wall Street Journal, whose editorial board lamented Trump's pick Friday night as a "regrettable choice." Chavez-DeRemer, the board said, "has backed union giveaways like the Pro Act, which are not 'cooperation.'" "Why would Mr. Trump want to empower labor bosses who oppose his economic agenda and spent masses to defeat him?" This, the board argued, would return the labor force to World War II era days, when strikes were "rampant" and labor mobility was more difficult. Putting Chavez-DeRemer in charge of the Labor Department, the Journal concluded, "will make labor bosses, not workers, more powerful again."

Source: Wall Street Journal November 23, 2024 22:19 UTC