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Trump holds himself out as a friend of workers and labor, but he is running the most anti-worker, anti-union administration in modern history. My Labor Day story:
prospect.org/article/worker…
prospect.org/article/worker…
Trump has effectively scrapped the “fiduciary” rule that required Wall Street firms to act in the best interests of workers and retirees in handling their 401(k)s—a move that could cost many workers tens of thousands of dollars.
Trump erased a rule that extended overtime pay to millions more workers, a move that will deprive many workers of thousands of dollars per year.
While Trump boasted that he is the best friend of miners, his Labor Department pushed to relax rules for safety inspections in coal mines, but was stopped by a federal circuit court.
Trump has made it easier to award federal contracts to companies that are repeat violators of wage laws, sexual harassment laws, racial discrimination laws, or laws protecting workers’ right to unionize.
Trump has reversed a ban on a toxic pesticide, chlorpyrifos, that causes acute reactions in farmworkers and does neurological damage to children.
Trump has greatly relaxed requirements for employers to report workplace injuries, making it harder for workers to know how dangerous their workplace is and what hazards need correcting.
Trump's administration is hurting gay, lesbian, and bisexual workers by urging the Supreme Court to rule that federal anti-discrimination laws don’t cover them, which would give employers a green light to fire them.
In my new book, Beaten Down, Worked Up, I explain that Trump has been able to get away with these many anti-worker actions largely because worker power in the US has grown so weak. My book discusses models & strategies for rebuilding unions & worker power. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/246798/b…
