NYT Editorial: American Workers, Trump Is Not Your Friend.
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04 Jun NYT Editorial: American Workers, Trump Is Not Your Friend.

Posted at 09:57h in Trump Administration by

President Trump ran for office as a champion of American workers and a friend of labor unions, but his administration has systematically favored employers at the expense of workers.

In recent months, the administration has moved to tighten qualifications for who must be paid the minimum wage and who must be paid overtime. It is asking the Supreme Court to rule that companies can fire workers on the basis of sexual orientation. The number of workplace safety inspectors employed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fallen to the lowest level in the agencyโ€™s half-century of operation.

Read this full piece, “Trump’s War on Workers” by New York Times columnist Mike Reddy

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