(from https://www.epi.org/publication/50-reasons/)
". . . 50 ways the Trump administration has failed workers . . .
1. . . . failed to support adequate fiscal stimulus during the coronavirus pandemic
2. . . . diminished the integrity and accuracy of the 2020 U.S. Census
3. . . . stopped funding for Social Security
4. . . . dismantled fiduciary protections for retirement savers
5. . . . engaged in persistent efforts to take away workers’ health care
6. . . . narrowed the scope of ‘protected concerted activity’ under the NLRA
7. . . . persisted in attempts to end DACA
8. . . . suspended the issuance of green cards
9. . . . failed to act to protect the health of workers during the pandemic
10. . . . issued guidance that allows states to deny unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to workers who refuse to return to unsafe jobs
11. . . . issued an executive order that intimidated local health departments from closing meat-processing plants with significant COVID-19 outbreaks
12. . . . excluded millions of workers from paid leave provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA), including 9 million health care workers and 4.4 million first responders
13. . . . ignificantly narrowed benefits under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program
DOL issued guidance narrowing the framework for eligibility and duration of PUA benefits.42
14. . . . allowed poultry plants to increase line speeds during the coronavirus pandemic
15. . . . issued interim guidance that removed most employer responsibility to investigate or record workplace-related coronavirus cases in non-health-care workplaces
16. . . . pushed to lower wages for migrant farmworkers
17. . . . suspended all union elections
18. . . . completed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s (anti-worker) wish list . . . (items) of which weaken workers’ ability to organize with their co-workers to bargain collectively with their employers.
19. . . . obstructed workers’ right to fair union elections
20. . . . narrowed the joint-employer standard under the NLRA
21. . . . encouraged offshoring
22. . . . denied workers more bargaining power on the job
23. . . . narrowed the joint-employer standard under the FLSA
24. . . . allowed states to privatize employment services
25. . . . decreased workplace safety inspections
26. . . . proposed a rule that would lower the earnings of tipped workers
27. . . . sought to expand the use of the fluctuating workweek method, which makes it easier for employers to avoid paying overtime
28. . . . undermined job security for service workers
29. . . . hindered workers’ ability to organize during nonwork hours
30. . . . sought to exclude student employees from the NLRA
31. . . . prevented millions of workers from receiving overtime
32. . . . put forward anti-worker DOL nominations
33. . . . neglected to address overvaluation of the U.S. dollar
34. . . . denied workers a minimum wage increase
35. . . . allowed misclassification of gig workers
36. . . . issued a rule allowing hog slaughter facilities to function at unsafe speeds
37. . . . proposed a rule allowing young workers to perform unsafe tasks in health care occupations
38. . . . undercut public-sector workers’ freedom to organize
39. . . . denied workers the right to class or collective claims by reversing the Justice Department’s prior position in Epic Systems
40. . . . eroded the collective bargaining rights of federal workers
41. . . . weakened standards for mine safety inspections
42. . . . appointed anti-worker NLRB members
43. . . . hid economic analysis on the ‘tip stealing’ rule
44. . . . allowed employers to gerrymander bargaining units
45. . . . passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—which benefits the wealthy at others’ expense
46. . . . removed the public record of worker deaths from OSHA’s homepage
47. . . . removed requirements that employers disclose their use of union-avoidance consultants
48. . . . repealed a requirement that employers report workplace injuries and illnesses
49. . . . delayed enforcement of a rule protecting workers from exposure to silica dust
50. . . . made it easier for contractors who violate basic labor and employment laws to be awarded contracts paid for by taxpayer dollars. . . "
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