John,

With just two weeks until Election Day, is the Trump administration working to protect those most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic?

Nope. They’re instead attacking workers’ rights, siding with employers over working people by proposing a rule change that would rob workers of wages and benefits―and the payment of taxes into Social Security and Medicare needed for a secure retirement.

Throughout the Trump administration, through laws―such as the tax scam―and rules passed by the Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board, Trump and his cronies have time and again sided with corporate interests over working people.

Read Mark’s email below for more details about this latest attack on workers’ rights and wages and then send an official comment to the Department of Labor today demanding they reject this latest, misguided proposal.

Thank you for fighting for an economy and a tax system that puts working people first, not the rich and wealthy corporations.

Frank Clemente
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

-- Mark's Email --

John,

With poverty and unemployment on the rise in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of fighting for working people the Trump administration is attacking our rights and wages.

This month, the Department of Labor (DOL) has introduced a proposed rule that would make it easier for employers to classify workers as independent contractors, cheating their workers of wage and benefit protections. It also would absolve them of paying Social Security and Medicare taxes, which help ensure workers have a secure retirement.

If approved by the DOL, this rule change would turn back the clock to a time when employers could pay subminimum wages, avoid overtime pay, and avoid paying unemployment benefits.

We cannot allow the Trump administration to once again pad the pockets of wealthy corporations on the backs of working people. Send an official comment to the Department of Labor today to reject this proposed rule, which would undermine critical protections for working people that have taken generations to achieve.

Whether it’s the $2 trillion Trump tax scam that largely went to the rich and corporations, or it’s repeated attacks by the DOL or the National Labor Relations Board against workers’ rights, the Trump administration has consistently sided with Big Business over working people.

This latest proposed rule, which ignores the clear language of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and decades of court rulings (including by the U.S. Supreme Court)—would hurt the very workers who have been organizing on the frontlines for better wages and more protections, including construction workers, janitors, home care workers, and those deemed "essential workers" during the COVID-19 pandemic, who clean homes, care for children and the elderly, and deliver groceries.  

These workers must not be left to earn subminimum wages and work more than 40 hours per week without getting any overtime pay.

Join Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund and our partners today. Submit an official comment to the Department of Labor to fight on behalf of working people throughout our country for better pay and economic security.

Already, our national coalition has sent over 35,000 comments to the DOL. Let’s see if we can reach 50,000 comments before the comment period closes on October 26th.

Thank you for fighting for the rights and wages of working people.

Mark Rickling

Legislative and Policy Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund