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 68
May 11, 2018

General Motors will cut jobs because of the Trump Administration’s decision to rescind Obama era fuel efficiency standards.

  • Consumers have gravitated towards smaller, compact cars following EPA's fuel efficiency standards placed under the Obama administration.
  • Trump's removal of fuel efficiency standards give larger vehicles the upper-hand, resulting in the loss of jobs of plants that build smaller, compact cars.
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Automotive, EPA, Jobs
Week 51
Jan 10, 2018

Trump’s EPA considers a regulatory rollback that would allow more minors to handle the most dangerous pesticides.

  • By rolling back this rule, the Trump administration would allow very young farm workers to handle the most toxic pesticides.
  • More young workers would be exposed to hazards that threaten their health and their futures.
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EPA, Health and Safety, Youth Workers
Week 23
Jun 27, 2017

Trump administration plans to cut 1,200 EPA jobs by September.

  • EPA attempts to shrink the workforce, particularly by eliminating people who believe that climate change is driven by human behavior.
  • Through buyouts and early retirement, Trump will slash 1200 employees from it's payroll by September 2017.
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EPA, Federal Workforce
Week 21
Jun 13, 2017

Trump’s EPA pauses a rule preventing methane leaks at drilling sites.

  • EPA proposes pausing an Obama-era rule that protected the environment from oil and gas pollution for two years.
  • In addition to compromising the oceans by making methane leaks at drilling sites more likely, the rule halts employee standards within the oil and gas drilling sector.
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EPA, Health and Safety
Week 20
Jun 09, 2017

EPA delayed critical updates to the Emergency Management Program.

  • EPA delays a rule adopted in response to the West, Texas disaster that could prevent chemical incidents that devastate communities.
  • This 20-month delay unnecessarily endangers plant workers, first responders, and entire communities.
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EPA, Health and Safety
Week 10
Mar 29, 2017

EPA rejects ban on the use of chlorpyrifos, an agricultural pesticide linked to development problems in children.

  • EPA rejects its own scientists' recommendation to ban chlorpyrifos, which is an agricultural pesticide linked to the damaging of the neurological development of children.
  • Children working in agriculture will be exposed to additional pesticides that could damage their neurological development.
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Agriculture, EPA, Health and Safety
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