Andrea Hsu

And you might recall that Sean O'Brien was a primetime speaker at the Republican Convention in the summer of 2024.

And while he didn't endorse Trump, his decision not to endorse any candidate for president was huge for Trump.

And Chavez-Durimer ended up at the Labor Department.

Now, under her watch, I should say the Trump administration has not made anything easier for labor unions.

In fact, Trump has tried to strip collective bargaining rights from about a million federal workers.

And the administration has been rolling back various protections for other workers as well.

Well, sources at the Labor Department said she was not actually in the office a whole lot.

She went on what she called her America at Work listening tour, which did take her to all 50 states.

She visited training centers.

She talked about apprenticeships and the blue collar boom that the Trump administration has been touting.

Now, that has not materialized.

In fact, manufacturing jobs are down since Trump took office last year.

And overall, the labor market has been pretty much in a holding pattern amid a lot of economic uncertainty.

Stephen Chung said her deputy, Keith Sonderling, will step in as acting labor secretary.

He's already been running a lot of the day-to-day operations at the Labor Department.

He served in the department during Trump's first term and later at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

So in many ways, he is much more familiar with the inner workings of government than Chavez Doremer was.

That is NPR's Andrea Hsu.

Andrea, thank you.

You're welcome.