Labor Sec. Chavez-DeRemer Resigns Amid Accusations of Impropriety

On Monday, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced her resignation from the department, amid multiple allegations against her and her family members regarding sexual misconduct, abuse of employees, and inappropriate communications with workers. The scandal likely runs deeper than her family circle, as several other aides within the department have resigned as a result of an internal…
Source

Original

Scandals Engulf Labor Secretary as Her Department Rolls Back Worker Protections

Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s tenure as head of the US Department of Labor was further embroiled in scandal on Thursday after bombshell New York Times reporting revealed that her husband has been banned from the agency’s headquarters over sexual assault allegations leveled by at least two staffers. The reporting landed on the same day that a group of Senate Democrats launched an investigation into…
Source

Original

Why Is the Department of Labor Posting White Nationalist Propaganda?

The Trump administration’s Department of Labor sparked outcry this weekend after using language on social media that many observers pointed out echoes a phrase commonly used in Nazi propaganda — following months of post after post from the agency espousing white nationalist sentiments. On Saturday, the Labor Department wrote on social media: “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage.
Source

Original