The report also details how the Trump administration has failed to adequately address the coronavirus pandemic and its economic shock. They’ve been vehemently opposed to the extension of the $600 increase of unemployment insurance benefits—which will cost 5.1 million jobs—and opposed additional aid to state and local governments—which will cost another 5.3 million jobs.
EPI's analysis makes clear: Donald Trump’s focus as president has been to advance a pro-corporate, anti-worker agenda.
Thank you for all you do to fight for progressive economic change.
Eve Tahmincioglu, Director of Communications, Economic Policy Institute
EPI just released a breathtaking report detailing 50 ways the Trump administration has eroded workers’ rights while bolstering corporate power. This is a must read.
According to the authors:"This analysis reveals that President Trump’s time in office has been marked by a clear commitment to advancing a pro-corporate, anti-worker agenda."
It completed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s (anti-worker) wish list
It has decreased workplace safety inspections
It has proposed a rule that would lower the earnings of tipped workers
It prevented millions of workers from receiving overtime
It hid economic analysis on the ‘tip stealing’ rule
Take a look at the full list, compiled by EPI's economists, of 50 ways the Trump administration has failed workers since Trump first entered the White House.
Simply reversing the Trump anti-worker agenda will not be enough. A new administration must advance a workers’ first-100-day agenda that includes measures that provide working people with the rights and protections they need and deserve.
