Labor Sec. Chavez-DeRemer to Newsmax: 'Blue-Collar Boom' Driving Turnaround

Labor Sec. Chavez-DeRemer to Newsmax: 'Blue-Collar Boom' Driving Turnaround.

"Consumer confidence is up, unemployment [is] holding steady, and we've added half a million new jobs across this country," Chavez-DeRemer told "Wake Up America." "There's a lot of focus on upskilling and reskilling our workforce [through] the earn-while-you-learn programs. The blue-collar boom is here. We're going to rebuild America."

She also highlighted worker training and apprenticeship programs as critical to meeting market demand.

"At the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, over 55,000 trainees will go through there every single year," Chavez-DeRemer said. "When you're talking about welders, when you're talking about electricians, there are so many young men and women whose lives this has changed."