Union leaders accuse Trump labor department of echoing Nazi rhetoric

"The similarity to that Nazi slogan is bad, Christopher Hayes, a labor historian and professor at Rutgers University, told the Guardian, expressing alarm over the motivation behind it, the message, the sentiment and desired outcome. Jimmy Williams Jr, general president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, said the labor department had repeatedly imitated far-right and fascist imagery online: When people tell you who they are, believe them."

"Puneet Maharaj, executive director of National Nurses United, the largest nurses' union in the US, added: It is no surprise that a fascist regime would post fascist propaganda on a fascist social media network like X, but it remains concerning to see the DOL making posts that serve a fascist, white supremacist agenda. The Department of Labor did not comment on the agency's specific rhetoric on social media."

Union leaders and historians accused recent Department of Labor social media posts of echoing Nazi-style language and imagery. The posts included a video captioned "remember who you are, American" and the phrase "One Homeland. One People. One Heritage," which users compared to the Nazi slogan "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer." Critics said the messaging appears to target foreign workers and bolster a white working-class nationalist identity. Labor officials and union representatives described the posts as imitations of far-right, fascist imagery and white supremacist propaganda. The Department of Labor said the campaign celebrated American workers and the American Dream.

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