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47 WAYS TRUMP HAS MADE LIFE LESS AFFORDABLE IN THE LAST YEAR  
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Celine McNicholas, Margaret Poydock, and Josh Bivens
January 13, 2026
Economic Policy Institute
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_ While public debate fixates on rising costs, the administration’s
most serious harm has come from its policies that hold down wages and
weaken workers’ bargaining power. _

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In the first year of his second term, President Trump has actively
made life less affordable for working people. Affordability has two
sides—prices and pay. While public debate fixates on rising costs,
the administration’s most serious harm has come from its policies
that hold down wages and weaken workers’ bargaining power. The 47th
president has pursued an agenda that undercuts incomes for all but the
wealthiest households, slows job growth, and invites employer
exploitation and abuse—including unprecedented attacks on federal
workers’ collective bargaining rights that make him the biggest
union buster in U.S. history
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His policies have systematically stripped workers of leverage in the
labor market, driving down pay and making it harder for working
families to afford the basics.

At its core, affordability is shaped by whether workers’ paychecks
keep pace with the cost of living. What many now describe as an
affordability crisis is the predictable result of decades of policies
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that have suppressed wage growth and eroded workers’ bargaining
power. In the decades before the pandemic, owners and corporate
executives claimed an ever-larger share of the income generated by
what workers produced. Had pay for typical workers kept pace with
productivity over the last 45 years—rather than being
suppressed—their paychecks would be roughly 40% larger today
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This wage shortfall is the driving force in America’s affordability
crisis—and reversing it must be central to any serious affordability
agenda.

While workers’ wages—particularly those of low-wage workers—saw
sharp inflation-adjusted_ increases_ between 2019 and 2024
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these gains fell far short of recouping the losses of the four prior
decades. These wage increases were largely obscured amid the anxieties
of the immediate post-pandemic period, including a large jump in
inflation that eclipsed even larger wage gains for most workers. But
instead of building on the first real progress in decades, Trump’s
policies over the last year will make this wage shortfall worse and
are likely to contribute to greater wage suppression in the longer
run. Absent an about-face in Trump’s economic agenda, life will
continue to become even less affordable for working people.

In this report, we examine 47 of the most significant actions Trump
has taken in the first year of his second term to make it harder for
working families to afford the cost of living. We organized these
actions into five categories:

* Eroding workers’ wages and economic security;
* Undermining job creation;
* Weakening workers’ rights;
* Enabling employer exploitation; and
* Creating an ineffective government.

Our list of 47 is not exhaustive; it highlights a subset of Trump’s
actions with clear impacts on working people’s economic security and
ability to afford the basics. Many of the actions outlined here have
impacts across categories. Trump’s attacks on union workers, for
example, reduce workers’ wages, weaken workers’ rights, and
promote employer exploitation of workers.

ERODING WORKERS’ WAGES AND ECONOMIC SECURITY

Trump’s actions over the last year consistently undermined
workers’ wages and increased their economic vulnerability, making it
harder for many families to afford basic necessities. In the first
weeks after being sworn in, Trump moved quickly to roll back minimum
wage increases for hundreds of thousands of workers and more recently,
he finalized regulations that reduce the wages of all farm workers,
including those who are U.S. citizens. The actions below illustrate
how this agenda has played out across a range of policies that harm
workers’ wages and economic security:

* REDUCING THE MINIMUM WAGE
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400,000 FEDERAL CONTRACTORS: President Trump rescinded an executive
order that increased the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15
per hour in 2022 and indexed it to inflation. The minimum hourly wage
for federal contractors had reached $17.75 by the time he eliminated
the policy. 
* STOPPING ENFORCEMENT OF MISCLASSIFICATION PROTECTIONS
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WORKERS ILLEGALLY CLASSIFIED AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS: This robs
workers
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of minimum wage, overtime, workers’ compensation, and other basic
rights. 
* FINALIZING AN INTERIM FINAL RULE
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WILL RADICALLY CUT THE WAGES OF ALL FARM WORKERS: The rule reduces
the minimum wages paid to migrant farm workers in the H-2A program and
deducts up to 30% of their hourly pay for housing costs. These wage
cuts for H-2A workers are so massive that they will put downward
pressure on the wages of _all _farm workers, including U.S. citizens.
Farm workers as a whole will lose between $4.4 to $5.4 billion in
pay—roughly 10% to 12% of their total wages. The Trump
administration admitted
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that their immigration enforcement efforts are hurting farmers and
will likely lead to higher food prices—an admission they use to
justify the pay cuts.
* DENYING 2 MILLION IN-HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS MINIMUM WAGE AND
OVERTIME PAY: In July, the Trump administration proposed a rule
rescinding
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home health care worker rule, which gave in-home care workers the
right to earn the minimum wage and overtime pay for the first
time. The Department of Labor also stopped enforcing
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2013 rule, effectively giving employers the green light to ignore it
during the rollback process. 
* FACILITATING THE INCLUSION OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES
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401(K) INVESTMENT OPTIONS: The Trump administration
rescinded guidance that warned employers they would face heightened
scrutiny if they included cryptocurrency investments in their
retirement plans. This “neutral approach” to
cryptocurrency, alongside other types of retirement investment
strategies, could expose millions of future retirees to significant
financial risk.

NEGATIVELY IMPACTING JOB CREATION

Trump’s second-term policies have weakened job creation across key
sectors. His mass deportation agenda threatens to destroy millions of
jobs, and his repeated attacks on federal workers have already cost
more than a quarter million jobs. Most recent job data already show
the effects of these policies, including rising unemployment, slowing
job growth, and job losses in both public and private sectors. The
policies outlined below show how Trump’s actions have undermined job
creation:

* PAUSING FUNDING FOR PROJECTS AUTHORIZED
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BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW: This will jeopardize millions of jobs
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those projects and deny benefits to communities. 
* SIGNING INTO LAW LEGISLATION THAT FACILITATES
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MASS DEPORTATION AGENDA: This will cause massive job losses
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both immigrants and U.S.-born workers, particularly in construction
and caregiving
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The Laken Riley Act, the first piece of legislation Trump signed into
law, eviscerates due process for immigrants by allowing immigration
enforcement to detain immigrants indefinitely if they are accused of
even low-level crimes.
* REVOKING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT CREATED A FEDERAL INTERAGENCY
WORKING GROUP FOCUSED ON EXPANDING REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS
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FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT OR ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS: By doing so,
President Trump has limited opportunities to expand registered
apprenticeship career pathways in federal employment and halted the
expansion of private-sector registered apprenticeships that benefit
both employers seeking skilled workers and workers seeking stable
careers in high-demand industries.
* ATTEMPTING TO SHUT DOWN JOB CORPS CENTERS
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FEDERAL CONTRACTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY: Jobs Corps provides free
education, workforce training, housing, and job placement to
low-income teens and young adults ages 16–24. The uncertainty of
the program left thousands of young people with no other options for
housing at risk of homelessness.
* INTRODUCING UNCERTAINTY INTO U.S. MANUFACTURING GLOBAL SUPPLY
CHAINS THROUGH CHAOTIC AND ARBITRARY TRADE POLICY AND TARIFFS
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Over the first year of the second Trump administration, average
effective tariff rates have changed
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2.4% to a high of 28% then back down to today’s 17% as of January 5,
2026—a historically unprecedented scale of volatility in trade
policy. This uncertainty and the retaliatory actions levied by U.S.
trade partners overwhelmed any potential strategic gains
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from smart trade and tariff policy
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could have supported U.S. manufacturing, resulting in a steady
decline in manufacturing jobs
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WEAKENING WORKERS’ RIGHTS

From his attacks on the independence of agencies to his appointment of
corporate-aligned, anti-worker officials, Trump has mounted a
sustained assault on workers’ rights, undermining their earnings and
making it harder for them to make ends meet. While collective
bargaining has been a central target, the damage extends well beyond
it. By making work more dangerous, weakening basic labor protections,
and heightening economic and immigration precarity, Trump’s
administration has systematically suppressed workers’ ability to
assert their rights, organize, and demand fair pay and decent working
conditions. Trump’s attacks on workers’ rights include:

* STRIPPING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS FROM MORE THAN 1 MILLION
FEDERAL WORKERS: President Trump became the largest union buster in
U.S. history when he issued an executive order
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that revoked the collective bargaining rights for workers at more
than 30 federal agencies. By rolling back these workers’ right to
organize with their coworkers and improve their working conditions,
Trump is undermining their ability to efficiently provide services the
public relies on.
* DELAYING ENFORCEMENT OF THE SILICA RULE
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COAL MINERS: Exposure to coal mine dust containing silica has been
found to lead to black lung disease and progressive massive
fibrosis. The Mine Safety and Health Administration estimates that
the silica rule would prevent more than 1,000 deaths and 3,700 cases
of silica-related illnesses
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enforcement of this rule effectively shifts the burden of protection
onto miners, forcing them to weigh their health against their jobs and
economic security.
* PROPOSING LIMITING THE SCOPE
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OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION’S GENERAL DUTY
CLAUSE: This would make workers less protected from known and
preventable hazards where no other specific standard applies.
* FIRING THE GENERAL COUNSEL
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THE NLRB: Jennifer Abruzzo had instituted a number of important
reforms aimed at reinvigorating workers’ rights to a union and
collective bargaining. 
* STRIPPING WORK PERMITS AND TEMPORARY IMMIGRATION PROTECTIONS LIKE
PAROLE AND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FROM MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANT
WORKERS
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ARE LAWFULLY IN THE UNITED STATES: Jeopardizing these workers’
immigration status not only causes them to lose their workplace rights
but also makes them targets for deportation, which has
large negative impacts on the economy
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* DETERRING WORKER ORGANIZING BY HAVING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
PATROL PUBLIC SPACES INCLUDING PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT: These tactics
make immigrant workers fearful of asserting their workplace
rights. Surveillance and enforcement in immigration courts
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is also preventing migrants from having their cases proceed—cutting
off potential pathways to lawful status or protection that would grant
them workplace rights.

PROMOTING EMPLOYER ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION

Trump has consistently promoted employer exploitation of workers by
weakening and politicizing labor enforcement. His firing of a National
Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member for “disfavoring the interests
of employers” was not an isolated act, but part of a broader pattern
signaling that he expects the officials he appoints to favor employers
in the enforcement of worker protections. His attacks on the
independence of agencies tasked with enforcing worker protections
further reinforce the message that enforcement will follow his
political direction instead of the law—sending a clear signal that
workers rights’ violations will go unpunished. Through the actions
below, Trump is essentially inviting employers to violate the law
without fear of accountability:

* NOMINATING A SECRETARY OF LABOR
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HAS PURSUED A DEREGULATORY AGENDA
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This agenda robs workers of standards protecting their health and
safety and weakens protections that ensure they are paid for their
labor. 
* FIRING A MEMBER OF THE NLRB
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“DISFAVORING THE INTERESTS OF EMPLOYERS”: The illegal firing of
Gwynne Wilcox compromises the independence
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of the only agency with the authority to administer and enforce
private-sector workers’ rights to a union and collective
bargaining. 
* ENDING GRANT FUNDING
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TO FIGHT CHILD LABOR, FORCED LABOR, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AROUND THE
WORLD: Trump terminated International Labor Affairs Bureau
grants—leaving vulnerable workers around the world at risk,
undermining the U.S.’ ability to monitor foreign governments’
compliance with U.S. trade agreements, forcing U.S. workers to compete
on an uneven international playing field, and fueling a race to the
bottom in the global economy.
* NOMINATING A SOLICITOR OF LABOR
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HOSTILE TO WORKERS: Jonathan Berry supports weakening the federal
minimum wage, limiting overtime eligibility, and undermining
workers’ right to a union by forcing secret ballot elections. 
* NOMINATING A NLRB GENERAL COUNSEL
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WITH CORPORATE INTERESTS: Crystal Carey was a partner at Morgan Lewis
& Bockius LLP, one of the largest management-side law firms that
currently represents corporations known for violating workers’
rights, including Amazon, SpaceX, Apple, and Tesla. 
* NOMINATING A NLRB BOARD MEMBER
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A LONG CAREER AS A CORPORATE LAWYER: Scott Mayer was the chief labor
counsel at the Boeing Corporation—a company repeatedly accused of
bad faith bargaining—and has a decades-long career as a corporate
lawyer, including at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
* NOMINATING AN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (EBSA)
HEAD
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BACKGROUND IS MISALIGNED WITH THE ESBA’S MANDATE: Daniel Aronowitz
most recently served as president of a company that insures employers
against liability for violating their fiduciary duty as sponsors of
employee benefits plans—in other words, a business that helps
employers avoid the financial consequences of mishandling workers’
benefits plans. EBSA works to enforce laws protecting workers in
employee benefit plans, such as employer-provided health insurance or
retirement savings benefits. 
* WEAKENING WORKPLACE SAFETY PENALTIES
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SMALLER BUSINESSES: This may reduce incentives for employers to
proactively address workplace safety before hazards or accidents
occur.
* NOMINATING AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC) CHAIR
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A HISTORY OF OPPOSING ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS: Andrea Lucas
voted against workplace harassment guidance that included protections
for LGBTQ+ workers and is a known critic of diversity, equity, and
inclusion programs at the workplace. The EEOC is an independent agency
that enforces federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination and
harassment. 
* REVOKING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER PROMOTING STRONG LABOR STANDARDS
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PROJECTS RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS THROUGH BIDEN-ERA ECONOMIC
INVESTMENTS: President Trump’s decision opens the door for federal
funding to flow toward exploitative employers and increases the
likelihood that taxpayer-funded projects will create jobs with lower
wages and worse benefits, and that are less likely to be unionized. 
* APPOINTING THE FORMER LEADER OF AN ANTI-UNION ORGANIZATION TO HEAD
THE OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
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The agency oversees the financial disclosures of unions, employers,
and union busting consultants. 
* FIRING MULTIPLE EEOC COMMISSIONERS
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These firings compromise the independence of the agency and undermine
the enforcement of federal laws that prohibit employment
discrimination and harassment. 
* CONDUCTING SYSTEMATIC WORKSITE RAIDS THAT FAILED TO IMPROVE WAGES
AND WORKING CONDITIONS AND INSTEAD PUNISHED WORKERS: Some were carried
out under the guise of stopping labor exploitation
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yet occurred with no involvement from the Labor Department and
resulted in little to no punishment for employers, whereas workers
were detained and deported, losing their livelihoods. In most cases,
these raids do not stop employers from exploiting their workers but
rather make the workers more fearful of retaliation for speaking out
against unsafe working conditions or labor abuses, which puts all
workers at risk.

PROMOTING INEFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT

Trump has taken deliberate actions to weaken the federal government
and erode trust in its ability to serve the public interest. From
pushing out over a quarter million federal workers to politicizing
career civil service positions, eliminating entire agencies, and
undermining the federal government’s ability to produce timely,
accurate data, the Trump administration has spent the last year
reshaping the U.S. government to serve his and his corporate
backers’ interests over those of working people. His attacks on the
federal workforce make it difficult for public servants to administer
essential services that help families afford health care, food, and
other basic needs. These actions are intended to foster distrust in
the federal government and dismantle vital social safety net programs
millions of people in the U.S. rely on. This agenda is most evident in
Trump’s signing a massive federal budget bill that includes huge tax
cuts for the wealthy while slashing funding for Medicaid and SNAP. In
his first year, Trump set a legacy of promoting ineffective
government, including through the following actions:

* POLITICIZING CAREER SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE (SES)
OFFICIALS: Trump issued a memorandum
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that states they are to serve at the pleasure of the president. SES
officials are at the highest level of career civil service in the
federal government.
* FIRING THE MAJORITY OF STAFF AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
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The agency was created to ensure safe and healthy working conditions.
The firings eliminated divisions focused on the health and safety of
miners, firefighters, and health care workers. 
* NOMINATING AN EEOC COMMISSIONER
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IS UNQUALIFIED IN WORKPLACE CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT: Brittany
Panuccio lacks the background and expertise
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to enforce workplace civil rights effectively. 
* NOMINATING AN OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR
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A LEAD ARCHITECT OF THE RIGHT-WING POLICY AGENDA KNOWN AS PROJECT
2025: This agenda aims to remake the administrative state into a
vehicle for advancing the Trump administration’s political
ideology. 
* FIRING THE CHAIR OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
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AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY THAT OVERSEES LABOR RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
FEDERAL AGENCIES AND ITS EMPLOYEES: This move—taking aim at a
critical mechanism for oversight and recourse—came shortly after the
Trump administration issued dozens of actions that harmed the
federal workforce.
* FIRING A MEMBER OF THE MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
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THE AGENCY THAT PROTECTS THE FEDERAL MERITS SYSTEMS AND THE RIGHTS OF
EMPLOYEES IN THOSE SYSTEMS: The illegal removal of Cathy Harris makes
way for President Trump to appoint an individual that aligns
politically with his interests—further weakening safeguards for
federal workers.
* TRYING TO FIRE FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNOR LISA COOK
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ATTEMPT TO REPLACE INDEPENDENT FED LEADERSHIP WITH LOYALISTS WHO WOULD
LET HIM MICROMANAGE MONETARY POLICY FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE: Presidential control over Federal Reserve policy would
signal to decision-makers throughout the economy that interest rates
are no longer be set based on sound data or economic conditions—but
instead on the whims of the president. As a result, confidence in the
Federal Reserve would evaporate and lead to serious economic
consequences for the U.S., including higher inflation and interest
rates in the long run
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* FIRING BLS COMMISSIONER ERIKA MCENTARFER
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WHEN ACCURATE NUMBERS THAT ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED
CONFLICTED WITH TRUMP’S NARRATIVE ABOUT THE ECONOMY: The BLS is one
of the most respected statistical agencies in the world, known for its
methodological rigor, independence, and transparency. Many
stakeholders, including the Federal Reserve, state and local
governments, and private businesses, rely on the agency’s economic
data releases. This country runs on reliable data. Politicizing
economic data from the federal government would undermine effective
economic decision-making.
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* ATTEMPTING TO SHUTTER THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU
(CFPB)
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The Trump administration has repeatedly withheld funds from the CFPB,
blocking the agency’s work to protect consumers in the financial
marketplace.
* TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
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FEDERAL AGENCY THAT PROVIDES MEDIATION, TRAINING, AND FACILITATION TO
RESOLVE LABOR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTES: If the Trump administration is
successful in eliminating the agency, unions and employers will no
longer have a neutral, third party in the government available to help
navigate disagreements in bargaining.
* DIRECTING FEDERAL AGENCIES TO END THE USE OF DISPARATE IMPACT
LIABILITY
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This is a core civil rights safeguard that is key to ensuring that
policies cannot evade civil rights law simply by being labeled
“race-blind” even when they perpetuate discrimination,
segregation, and racial inequity in the workplace, schools, or the
law. 
* POLITICIZING AND COMPROMISING INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
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THEM UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE PRESIDENT: Independent agencies
were established by Congress to ensure that those charged with
safeguarding critically important public interests—like workers’
rights, product safety, or household financial security—would act to
serve the public good, not the president’s political needs.
* SIGNING INTO LAW A BILL
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THAT IS THE LARGEST DIRECT TRANSFER (THROUGH FEDERAL POLICY) OF WEALTH
FROM WORKING FAMILIES TO THE ULTRAWEALTHY: The legislation is
estimated to deliver $1 trillion in tax cuts for the top 1%, while
cutting more than $1 trillion in social safety net programs. The
legislation will likely cause more than 15 million people
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in the U.S. to lose health insurance and will likely expose more
than 22 million people
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to food insecurity. 
* PROPOSING A NEW FEDERAL EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION CALLED “SCHEDULE
POLICY/CAREER
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RULE, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO FIRE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FOR
POLITICAL REASONS: The Trump administration estimates that more than
50,000 federal workers—2% of the civilian federal workforce—could
be reclassified under this new category. 
* ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON APPRENTICESHIPS
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DOES NOT REQUIRE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONSULT WITH LABOR
ORGANIZATIONS, DESPITE THE INTEGRAL ROLE LABOR UNIONS PLAY IN
REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS: This weakens program quality and
oversight and risks diverting public funds away from proven, high-road
training models that deliver good jobs.
* IMPLEMENTING LARGE-SCALE REDUCTIONS
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THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE: These have disrupted essential government
services due to a loss in capacity and subject matter experts.
* DIRECTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BRING CHALLENGES AGAINST STATE
LAWS THAT WOULD REGULATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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TECHNOLOGIES: In the absence of federal action, states have been
working
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to regulate uses of AI that may harm workers or consumers. President
Trump’s executive order to deter states from regulating AI
represents a White House-led attempt at federal preemption, using the
higher authority of the federal government to prevent states from
adopting stronger labor standards or other guardrails. 
* FIRING 17 INSPECTOR GENERALS
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WITH PREVENTING MISMANAGEMENT, CORRUPTION, FRAUD, AND WASTE OF
TAXPAYERS’ MONEY IN FEDERAL AGENCIES: More than a dozen federal
agencies now lack independent oversight.

Trump’s actions since taking office a year ago reveal a clear and
consistent effort to make working people more economically vulnerable
while weakening the government’s ability to respond to their needs.
The motivation behind these actions is clear: They serve the interests
of Trump’s billionaire and corporate backers. Every dollar denied to
typical workers in wages ends up as higher income for business owners
and corporate managers. This growing inequality is what is making life
so unaffordable for workers and their families today.

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