In the fifth blogcast of Power At Work’s series “What Could Happen Under Trump?”, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by all four co-chairs of the Congressional Labor Caucus: Representative Debbie Dingell of Michigan 6th District Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin 2nd District, Representative Donald Norcross of New Jersey 1st District, and Representative Steve Horsford of Nevada’s 4th District. Watch now to find out the extent to which this Republican-controlled Congress will attempt to repeal or weaken laws that protect workers’ rights alongside how the Congressional Labor Caucus is ensuring that laws that protect workers rights will not be jeopardized.
Debbie Dingell represents Michigan’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Natural Resources Committee, where she leads on critical issues including affordable and accessible health care, clean energy and water, domestic manufacturing and supply chain resilience, and protecting our wildlife and natural resources. Before being elected to Congress, Dingell worked in the auto industry for over three decades, where she was President of the General Motors Foundation and a senior executive responsible for public affairs.
Mark Pocan has represented Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. since 2013, following 14 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly. In the 118th Congress, he serves on the House Appropriations Committee where he sits on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee; and the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee; and the Task Force on Agriculture & Nutrition in the 21st Century. He is Chair of the Equality Caucus, Co-Chair of the Labor Caucus, and Chair Emeritus of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Donald Norcross represents New Jersey’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Norcross is an electrician by trade and a proud union member. As a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Norcross is working to raise wages, protect the middle class, strengthen workplace protections, and achieve equal pay and paid leave for those raising families. Norcross serves as the Vice Chair and Liaison to Labor for the Congressional Progressive Caucus. He is also the co-founder of the Labor Caucus and the Building Trades Caucus.
Steven Horsford represents Nevada’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. For more than a decade, Rep. Horsford led the Culinary Training Academy, the largest job training program in Nevada, helping thousands of workers find quality careers in the hospitality industry. Horsford made history as Nevada’s first African-American State Senate Majority Leader and he delivered. He passed the "Clean Energy Jobs Initiative" and positioned Nevada as a leader in renewable energy. Horsford served as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus from 2023 to 2025.
