"Buried beneath the daily barrage of bluster is a systematic, multifront war on workers and their unions. Trump brandished his true colors when he paraded billionaires around him for his inauguration. Both Trump and the Republican party remain wedded to the trickle-down shibboleths of the executive suite: tax breaks for the rich and corporations, deregulation, and rigging the system against working people."
"Trump targeted federal workers from the start, scorning them as "crooked and dishonest." His Office of Management and Budget director, the right-wing zealot Russell Vought, announced his goal was to have them "viewed as villains" and "put in trauma." Trump unleashed Elon Musk and his DOGE operatives to fire workers and shutter programs, trampling the law in the process. Trump brags that over 300,000 will have been fired or chased out by the end of the year."
Campaign rhetoric promising a restored American Dream has been paired with policies and actions that favor wealthy interests and erode worker protections. The administration and allied Republicans have pursued tax cuts for the rich, deregulation, and budget cuts to Medicaid and health care while promoting tariffs as a manufacturing revival. Federal workers have faced vilifying rhetoric, large-scale separations, and initiatives to install a spoils system with loyalty pledges. Corporate and tech leaders have been used to execute workforce reductions and program closures, sometimes disregarding legal protections. Union organizing and collective bargaining have been systematically undermined, reducing worker bargaining power.
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