PUTTING WORKERS FIRST?

Who are the Trump Administration & Congress (really) fighting for?
"Every decision . . . will be made to benefit American workers."
- President Trump, Inaugural Address, Jan 20, 2017
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Week 140
Sep 26, 2019

Senate confirms Eugene Scalia as next Labor Secretary.

  • In a straight party line vote of 53-to-44, the Senate confirmed corporate lawyer, Eugene Scalia, as the next Secretary of Labor.
  • Scalia's anti-worker resume demonstrates that the corporate business community will continue to have DOL at their beck and call.
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DOL, Nominations
Week 136
Aug 27, 2019

Eugene Scalia will be nominated to lead the Department of Labor.

  • Eugene Scalia has spent his career preventing safer workplaces, suing the federal government, and supporting corporate interests.
  • A labor secretary with a history of pro-employer legal victories will surely conflict with the interests and needs of working people.
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DOL, Nominations
Week 25
Jul 13, 2017

Trump’s NLRB and DOL nominees: Putting workers first?

  • Nominees' records strongly suggests that Trump does not care about workers, or the missions of the departments and boards that these nominees have been named to lead.
  • Workers around the country would be impacted if key positions are filled by anti-worker appointees.
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DOL, Nominations
Jul 12, 2017

Senate rushes confirmation of Trump’s NLRB and DOL nominees.

  • Worker advocates and civil rights groups express concern that the Senate lacked adequate time to assess Trump nominees for key positions.
  • The Senate could confirm unqualified nominees absent sufficient time to investigate and consider them.
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DOL, NLRB, Nominations
Week 2
Jan 31, 2017

Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

  • President nominated would-be Justice with abysmal record on worker's rights as a jurist.
  • As a member of the Court, Gorsuch is likely to vote to overturn a number of important precedents protecting workers and their families.
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DOJ, Nominations
Week 1
Jan 17, 2017

Trump nominates Andy Puzder for Labor Secretary.

  • On December 8, 2016, the president-elect nominated anti-worker, anti-labor-department fast-food boss Andy Puzder to be labor secretary.
  • IMPACT: Puzder's confirmation would undermine the Labor Department's mission of protecting workers' wages, safety and health, and retirement security.
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