Post Election 2024 Resource Guide

The new era of labor power might be coming to a close
From Axios

Some excerpts:
"In his first term in office, Trump was anti-worker — placing people with anti-union track records at the National Labor Relations Board and Department of Labor.
 

• Both agencies made moves viewed as harmful to workers during Trump's term like limiting overtime protections.
• Peter Robb, NLRB general counsel under Trump, even tried to curtail the use of "Scabby," the inflatable rat that unions use during strikes.

"There's nothing in his record that suggests that he stands up for working people. Especially working people in unions," said Sharon Block, a former official in President Obama's Labor Department and at the NLRB."

What Trump's reelection means for union workers, according to experts

From ABC News

Some excerpts:

“Trump’s first term featured a weakening of labor regulations and the appointment of pro-management officials in key positions, experts said, voicing expectations of a similar approach when Trump returns to office.

Such changes would likely make it more difficult for workers to form unions and negotiate workplace improvements, but the labor movement may withstand those headwinds since many of the factors that have driven its growth remain in place, experts said.

“It’s going to be a dramatic change,” Paul Clark, professor of labor and employment relations at Pennsylvania State University, told ABC News.”