‘The most anti-union president’: how Trump turned his back on US workers

Key Points:

• Despite Donald Trump's repeated promises to support American workers, his administration has taken numerous actions viewed as harmful to workers and unions, including cutting workplace inspections by OSHA by 20% and delaying safety regulations for coal miners.
• Trump has pursued policies that weaken wage protections, such as proposing the elimination of minimum wage and overtime protections for millions of low-paid homecare workers and rescinding overtime pay eligibility for 4.3 million salaried workers.
• The administration has aggressively moved to restrict collective bargaining rights for approximately 1 million federal employees and replaced pro-union officials with pro-business appointees, leading labor leaders to call Trump the most anti-union president in modern history.
• Trump’s economic policies, including tariffs and weakened worker protections, have contributed to rising prices outpacing wage gains, job losses in manufacturing, and challenges for young workers seeking employment, despite White House claims of prioritizing American workers.
• The administration’s hostility toward unions is further evidenced by investigations targeting union financial records and labeling labor activists as domestic terrorists, prompting strong condemnation from union leaders and labor advocates.