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Far-right plan for a Republican presidency would undercut unions, strip child labor laws and boost corporate profits

Donald Trump proclaimed he was for “all the forgotten men and women”, in his acceptance speech at the Republican convention. His vice-presidential pick JD Vance consistently portrays himself as a pro-worker populist. But an analysis of the labor chapter of Project 2025 – an ambitious rightwing plan to guide the next Republican presidency – found it has little to offer them.

Project 2025’s labor section proposes hardly anything to improve workers’ wages and working conditions. It is, however, chock full of recommendations that would boost corporate profits, undercut labor unions and advance the rightwing culture war.

Project 2025 contains several recommendations that would, when taken together, cut the pay of millions of workers, especially by making overtime pay available to fewer workers, even though many Americans rely on overtime pay to make ends meet. This so-called “Presidential Transition Project” shows outright hostility toward government employee unions – whether police unions, firefighters’ unions or teachers’ unions – saying that Congress should consider abolishing all public sector unions. Project 2025 would further undermine unions by recommending a ban on the use of card check, one of labor’s most effective tools to organize workers. Once a union gets a majority of employees at a workplace to sign pro-union cards, unions often point to this majority support to persuade employers to grant union recognition and bargain.

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[–] Chestrade@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In what world are billionaires pro-worker?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In Trump world, where freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength.

[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stupid war with EastAsia. I can’t believe we’ve always been at war with them.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

What are you talking about? That's crimethink! Off to room 101 with you!

[–] Sordid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

It WiLl TrIcKlE dOwN

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Trump is pro whatever he thinks you want to hear.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago

I want him to stop existing. He's free to say, "I'm pro me not existing! I shouldn't exist! Everyone's saying it."

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even without project 2025 Trump has a history of refusing to pay his own employees. He's a fucking weird ass clown.

[–] DarkDecay@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

He's soooo old too. He's just pathetic at this point

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's no such thing as a pro labour conservative

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 1 points 2 years ago

The last pro labor president was FDR

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

That's okay. Trump disavows any relationship with Project 2025.

He agrees with everything they want to do, but...

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Trump sat in front of a room full of black journalists and when replying to allegations of racism, he said he had done more for black people than any other president since Abraham Lincoln.

At this point he is going to claim anything to anyone all the way to his insurrection day

[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Project 2025 ruined Trump’s ability to say the thing without saying the thing.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

We need a name for the law that says putting "Trump says" or "trump believes" in the headline is an automatic fail.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He was pro coal mining. That's about the only job I think he was pro.

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

And yet the demise of the coal industry accelerated in his administration, with no apparent pause despite Trump rolling back the safety regulations that were protecting the coal miners. He's pro coal baron, not pro coal miner

Shocker!

Can we all just agree at this point that we know exactly who this man is? More news stories like that please!!!