The Labor Department's inspector general has been investigating allegations of misconduct by Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and members of her staff, sources told NBC News.

Acting BLS Commissioner Rejects Speculation About Falsified U.S. Data - WSJ

Great reporting by @skychadde.bsky.social on the new immigration office created at DOL. 🚨 The longtime career staffer in charge was replaced by a political appointee who used to be a senior advisor to the director of ICE and served as policy director for the House Committee on Homeland Security.

First, the easy question: No, there is no evidence of political interference in the BLS's numbers. You don't have to take my word for it. Take the word of @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social, the person Trump fired after he didn't like the BLS's numbers.

Today's jobs report was much weaker than expected. Payroll jobs fell 92k in Feb, and revisions to Dec data show a loss of 17k jobs. Average job growth over the last 3 months now under 6k. Household survey population controls indicate a significant drop in the labor force. #NumbersDay #EconSky

Job growth is stalled dead as huge amounts of policy uncertainty from POTUS reduces businesses’ willingness to invest in jobs: +13K/mo over most-recent 12 months -1K/mo over most-recent 6 months +6K/mo over most-recent 3 months -92K this past month

How does recent growth compare to recent years? Economy added just 0.16 million jobs over 12 months to Feb 2026. Job growth stopped.

-92K jobs lost last month (mid-Jan to mid-Feb). -69K jobs in revisions of prior 2 months. The big picture

Another one bites the dust?? Lori Chavez-DeRemer's director of advance has now been put on leave: archive.ph/InC3r

Friends of BLS urges Congress to provide no less than $754 million for BLS in FY 2027 #EconSky #NumbersDay #FinTwit static1.squarespace.com/static/5bedb...

NEW: Lost in the news cycle last week, the Labor Department moved to make it easier to classify workers as “independent contractors”—a shift that could strip millions of workers of their minimum wage and overtime protections and make basic labor rights harder to enforce. Patrick Oakford explains ⬇️

Trump’s Labor Department Tries to Redefine Workers Out of Their Rights

A photo shows the labor secretary enjoying a birthday party she denied attending.

This Day in Labor History: March 4, 1933. The newly inaugurated president Franklin Delano Roosevelt nominated Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor. This first female cabinet member in American history was an amazing fighter for the working class and let's talk about her!!!!!

Trump Labor Secretary Caught Using Govt Funds for Her Birthday Party #FelonTrump newrepublic.com/post/207234/...

There were no tawdry DOL scandals during the @Obama or Biden administrations. Just dedication to enforcing our laws. Just sayin'. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u... @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social @juliesulabor.bsky.social @alt-dol.altgov.info

While the McDonald’s CEO gets roasted for his awkward burger taste test... McDonald’s is among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. And McDonald's CEO recently raked in $18.2M — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. That should leave a bad taste in your mouth.

For our members facing the challenges of ICE's assault on our communities, AFT has resources to stay safe and know your rights. www.aft.org/our-communit...

It's true: archive.ph/bN0po Our workplace will be 1% less toxic without them (but we'll take it)

When this White House threatens to fire you, shit's messed up: "Chief of staff Jihun Han and deputy Rebecca Wright were offered the choice of resigning or being fired by the White House Monday night."

LOL

“Over the past few weeks we’ve learned that not only is she not doing her job, she’s embroiling the department in scandal and possible criminal activity. It’s frankly embarrassing...” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

NYT on the chaos at Labor under Lori Chavez-DeRemer: archive.ph/FNWNG (gift article)

A federal judge has ruled that Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, when he was a U.S. attorney in Miami, broke the law in a sex trafficking case against a billionaire New York hedge fund manager by not informing his underage sex victims of a plea agreement." www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...

8. Alexander Acosta, former Trump Labor Secretary: Acosta was the US Attorney of SDFL during the time of Epstein's first criminal case. His office refused to issue a 32-count indictment involving 17 minor girls and negotiated Epstein’s 2007 sweetheart deal to avoid lengthy prison for his crimes.

Trump REWARDED the guy who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal by making him Labor Secretary in 2017 (I believe Newsmax rewarded Acosta last year by putting him on their board). 2019: www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...

Labor secretary weathers the political storm swirling around her agency

In light of the State of the Union last night, remember this: The Department of Labor reported that the U.S. economy averaged 15,000 new jobs per month in 2025 — compared to 168,000 per month the year before. That’s an 88% drop, the worst annual jobs revision since 2009.

NEW: Have you missed the scandals at Trump's Labor Department? The allegations that the labor secretary was workday drinking and trysting with a subordinate on the taxpayer's dime? And the slashing of worker protections? My OUR LAND newsletter has you covered. link.motherjones.com/public/44291...

Kinda funny how the Department of Labor has a banner with the photo of the laziest piece of shit on earth hanging on it.

"Three Labor Department staffers, all political appointees, accused the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer of touching them inappropriately... "He remains banned from department headquarters amid an inquiry by the department’s inspector general www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump's Department of Labor continues enacting anti-worker policies; the latest is the DOL proposing a rule that would scale back protections to workers misclassified as independent contractors

A new and important voice has joined the discussion ⬇️

Awesome. (This is Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer we're talking about)

Waste, fraud, and abuse **to spend the money to implement**. More waste as they dismantle agencies who were doing fine. Fraud because the rule does nothing to improve govt. Abuse - it’s abusive to all employees who serve the people of this country every day.

Federal managers agree: This rule abandons merit systems principles and will decrease employee performance. It applies to nearly all civil servants. It will cost millions to implement.

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UPDATE: In this environment it takes a lot of courage to report SA and file a police report. THREE women, all political appointees, spoke up about Shawn DeRemer's gross behavior despite potential career repercussions and virtually no employment protections. We believe them.

Story: Government paid discrimination claim related to office of ex-Rep. Chavez-DeRemer rollcall.com/2026/01/30/g...

Amid the mass layoffs of journalists, The Lever is now hiring. That's thanks to our huge subscriber growth giving us the resources to continue expanding our newsroom. Find the listings on our website - and please pass this on to any good journalists you may know.

A tariff “refund” mostly goes to whoever wrote the tariff check: the importer of record. That’s not the same person who paid more at the register. So refunds -- if they're offered -- might sound like consumer relief, but in reality, they're corporate windfalls.

We're sHoCKeD this administration protects predators... 🤬

The average household lost more than $1,000 to Trump's tariffs. Now the Court has spoken: this was unlawful all along. The President owes you an apology - and a refund.

This is a historic milestone for working people in the South. Congratulations to the Volkswagen workers and our @uaw.org family on ratifying their first union contract. Better pay, healthcare cost reductions, job security and more — it’s #BetterInAUnion!

⚠️ Here's a quick rundown of the ways this administration is weaponizing DOL against immigrants that we know about:

Not one but two sex scandals at Trump’s Labor Dept - one involving the Labor Secty herself AND a second one involving her husband. Wow.

In a historic vote, Tennessee Volkswagen workers get their first union contract - WSKG #unions#politics