NEW REPORT—Unprecedented: The Trump NLRB’s attack on workers’ rights epi.org/publication/un…
“Under the Trump administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has systematically rolled back workers’ rights to form unions and engage in collective bargaining with their employers, to the detriment of workers, their communities, and the economy.
“The Trump board1 has issued a series of significant decisions weakening worker protections under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA/Act). Further, the board has engaged in an unprecedented number of rulemakings aimed at overturning existing worker protections.
“Finally, the Trump NLRB general counsel (GC) has advanced policies that leave fewer workers protected by the NLRA and has advocated for changes in the law that roll back workers’ rights.
“The Trump board and GC have elevated corporate interests above those of working men and women and have routinely betrayed the statute they are responsible for administering and enforcing.
“This paper highlights the most egregious actions of the Trump board and GC and evaluates the impact on working people.
“It is critical that Congress hold the Trump NLRB accountable and that policymakers prioritize legislative reforms that will restore the original promise of our nation’s labor law—to encourage and promote the formation of unions and the practice of collective bargaining.”
"The NLRA establishes a federally protected right of working people to join together in collective action, whether or not through a union, to improve their working conditions through collective bargaining and other means.
"The Wagner Act of 1935—the originally enacted version of the NLRA—affirmatively stated its purpose as being to promote and encourage the practice of collective bargaining.
"Following the Act’s passage, the U.S. experienced decades of faster and fairer economic growth that persisted until the 1970s. But since the 1970s, declining unionization has fueled rising inequality and stalled economic progress for the American middle class." 
"After decades of decline in the share of workers represented by a union, the American economy is now marked by extreme inequality—the highest ever in U.S. history, according to new Census Bureau data.
"Chief executive officer (CEO) compensation has grown 940% since 1978, while typical worker compensation has risen only 12% during that time.
"From 1979 to 2016, the wages of the top 1% grew nearly 150%, whereas the wages of the bottom 90% combined grew just 21.3%, roughly one-seventh as fast. Even today’s very low unemployment rate has not been enough to spur truly robust wage growth for most workers.
"Extreme inequality and wage stagnation for virtually all but the highest earners have left fewer and fewer U.S. workers able to access the middle class. Increasingly, workers are demanding change.
"Nearly half (48%) of all nonunion workers say they would vote for a union if given the opportunity—a 50% higher share than when a similar survey was taken in 1995.7 And a recent survey conducted by Gallup found that 64% of Americans have a favorable view of unions."
"In spite of this reality, the Trump NLRB has advanced an anti-worker, anti-union, corporate agenda that has undermined workers’ ability to form unions and engage in collective bargaining.
"Through a series of decisions, rulemakings, and general counsel initiatives, the agency has systematically rolled back worker protections and betrayed its statutory obligation to administer and enforce the NLRA.
"The Trump board has faithfully acted on a top-10 corporate-interest wish list published by the Chamber of Commerce in early 2017—taking action on 10 out of 10 items on this list. And the Trump board has gone beyond the chamber’s policy requests and advanced additional measures."
