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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday to review the nomination of Lori Chavez DeRemer for Secretary of Labor.

Chavez-DeRemer, a former Republican member of Congress from Oregon’s 5th District, has drawn some controversy from conservatives due to her past support of bills that prioritize the interests of labor union bosses over the interests of workers.

For example, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would ban right-to-work laws nationwide, snuff out independent contractors who want to be their own boss, and exacerbate union harassment of workers. The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act would also federalize public-sector bargaining rules in states and localities and mandate union recognition.

In order to reassure Republicans that she will support President Trump’s worker freedom agenda as Secretary, here are 10 questions that Lori Chavez-DeRemer should answer at her confirmation hearing:

  1. During your time in Congress, you were one of only three Republicans to cosponsor the PRO Act. Why did you endorse the bill, and do you now oppose its provisions? Are there any provisions of the PRO Act that you still support?
  2. You were also one of just eight Republicans who cosponsored the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act. Do you still agree with imposing new federal mandates for public-sector bargaining on state and local governments, or do you now reject that bill?
  3. The PRO Act would have imposed California’s “ABC test” for independent contractors, forcing millions of independent workers into W-2 employment status against their will. Do you still support the ABC test, or will you commit to support the Trump administration’s 2021 independent contractor rule which protected the rights of workers to declare themselves as independent contractors?
  4. The PRO Act also would have usurped the Trump administration’s 2020 joint employer rule, putting small businesses like franchises at grave risk. Do you now reject the PRO Act’s joint employer standard and instead embrace the longstanding precedent found in the 2020 rule?
  5. The PRO Act would have ended Right to Work policies in 26 states, forcing workers to pay dues to unions they do not want to join. Do you support all Americans having the right to work?
  6. You were the only Republican on the House Education & Workforce Committee to vote against the Small Businesses Before Bureaucrats Act, which would roll back the NLRB’s jurisdiction to its historically intended limits, protecting small businesses from overreach. Do you still believe that the NLRB should have greater jurisdiction to target small businesses?
  7. The PRO Act would have codified “card check” to force recognition of unions without an election taking place. Do you believe that workers have the right to a secret ballot election when unions attempt to organize them?
  8. The PRO Act would have forced employers to hand over the private information of their employees to union organizers, such as home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and work schedules. Do you believe that the private information of workers deserves to be protected?
  9. Employees in the federal government can currently engage in union activities on the job while receiving their taxpayer-funded salaries and many have access to taxpayer-funded resources, equipment, and facilities. Should the Trump administration put an end to “official time” and taxpayer subsidization of unions?
  10. The Biden administration devoted significant effort toward undermining Babcock v. Wilcox (1948), which permits employers to hold meetings with employees during work hours to express their views on unionization during organizing drives. The National Labor Relations Act permits these meetings so long as employees are not threatened, interrogated, punished, or promised benefits. Do you support employer meetings on unionization?