Three recent moves by President Trump’s labor secretary Eugene Scalia make it seem as if the agency is intent on being a Legion of Doom that funnels workers’ retirement savings to Wall Street billionaires and fossil fuel conglomerates.
June 15, 2020A Labor Department letter could help Trump’s private equity donors fleece 100 million workers. The letter follows a $3 million super PAC donation from a Wall Street titan pushing for the change.
April 23, 2020The Trump administration has brought its brand of corruption and self-dealing to every agency in the federal government.
September 15, 2017America is in desperate need of both a universal basic income and a federal jobs guarantee.
September 13, 2017A former Department of Labor official under President Obama reflects on the Trump administration's rollback of worker rights.
September 3, 2017This Labor Day, don’t listen to his empty promises to protect working people.
September 1, 2017Portraying the man who was the most powerful union buster in the world as a friend of the working class is dangerous and a likely indicator of Trump's future policies.
June 19, 2017Big franchise businesses sigh with relief thanks to a rollback of the joint employment rule, which governed who is liable when workers' rights are violated.
May 1, 2017Trump and Acosta are poised to carry out a labor rollback that will, quite literally, hurt millions of American workers — both on the job and in their pocketbook.
March 24, 2017It would cut or kill job-training programs, OSHA, the Chemical Safety Board and legal assistance to low-income Americans. You know, the "unnecessary" stuff.
