Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman,

His pitch was backed by some Republican lawmakers. “Thank you @realDonaldTrump for putting American workers first by nominating Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer for US Labor Secretary,” O’Brien posted on social media within minutes of the announcement ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Labor Department could signal a break from the GOP’s traditionally adversarial stance toward unions. Chavez-DeRemer, who narrowly lost her re-election bid to represent an Oregon district this month,

President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Labor secretary. “Together, we will achieve historic cooperation between Business and Labor that will restore the American Dream for Working Families,