President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Keith Sonderling, a former Republican commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, to serve as the number two at the US Department of Labor.
“Keith will work with our great Nominee for Secretary of Labor, Lori Chavez-Deremer, to put our Country and Workers FIRST,” Trump said when announcing the pick via Truth Social on Tuesday evening.
If confirmed as Deputy Labor Secretary, Sonderling would be tasked with overseeing the DOL’s nearly 15,000 employees and the agency’s day to day operations.
He would also have a hand in implementing the administration’s labor agenda, which so far ...