U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer visited Boeing’s Huntsville operations on Monday as part of the agency’s nationwide “America at Work” tour.
U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) welcomed the Trump administration official for the 47th stop in a series focused on hearing directly from American workers, employers, and local officials.
Secretary Chavez-DeRemer describes her department’s initiative as a way to carry forward the voices of American workers back to Washington and inform federal labor policy.
“D.C. bureaucrats shouldn’t be telling modern-day business owners and workers what’s best for them,” she said previously. “As a businesswoman and former mayor, I’ve always found that getting the best results requires listening first. I’m excited to visit communities across the country to listen, learn, and bring hardworking Americans’ feedback to Washington to tell the story of America at Work.”
The Huntsville visit put a spotlight from Washington on a region that’s become one of the country’s most important hubs for aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing.
During the Huntsville stop, Chavez-DeRemer and Strong toured Boeing’s Huntsville operations, where approximately 3,000 employees work supporting programs ranging from missile defense and space exploration to systems engineering, integration, design and fabrication.
Boeing is one of Alabama’s largest aerospace employers, with a presence in the state dating back more than 60 years.
“It was a privilege to welcome Trump’s Secretary of Labor to Huntsville for her Alabama leg of the ‘America at Work’ tour to show her how North Alabama’s workforce leads the way in aerospace and defense manufacturing,” Rep. Strong told 256 Today.
“Her tour of Boeing highlighted the talent, innovation, and hard work that define our community. I appreciate the Secretary’s commitment to supporting the American workforce.”
The two-term North Alabama congressman serves as Vice Chair of the U.S. House Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee, the appropriations panel that writes funding for agencies that include NASA and the FBI.
In that role, Strong says he’s already secured more than $33.3 million in FY2026 project funding for the district — with wins ranging from public safety, transportation, and workforce development projects across North Alabama.
