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11:49Now PlayingAttorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down the cascading crises inside the Department of Labor under Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer — a one-term congresswoman and former mayor of Happy Valley, Oregon, with no labor, union, or workforce policy experience. Her husband is banned from DOL headquarters after at least two female staffers accused him of inappropriate touching, with one incident caught on security camera. Her chief of staff and deputy chief of staff are on leave. The inspector general is investigating allegations of travel fraud, taxpayer-funded personal trips, grant-steering for political benefit, and an inappropriate relationship with a member of her security detail. She's been accused of drinking on the job — the New York Post reported a stash of champagne, bourbon, and Kahlúa in her office — and was caught on camera at a birthday party she told Congress never happened. More than two dozen current and former employees described a toxic, demoralized workplace. The attorneys walk through what a Labor Secretary is actually supposed to do — oversee OSHA, wage and hour standards, unemployment, workplace safety — and contrast it with what this one has delivered: the agency tasked with protecting American workers is itself a hostile work environment.
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