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Special Report: Project 2025 and Unions

Project 2025 and Unions

Trump’s Project 2025 is the 920-page document, written by at least 140 Trump advisers and former (and likely future) leaders in the Trump administration, that spells out what they plan to do during a Trump second term.

The AFL-CIO has broken it down for you: How would this agenda affect union members and working families?

We are deeply concerned about pro-corporate policies that would drive up costs, put people out of work, endanger people’s lives and make it harder for working people to get ahead. For unions, this agenda would make it tougher for members to win gains in our next contracts and stack the deck in favor of CEOs.

You can navigate the issues below to learn why the agenda detailed in Project 2025 would be catastrophic for working people.

Project 2025: Eliminate UnionsCorporate backers of the Trump campaign have tipped their hand. In “Project 2025: Presidential Transition Project,” the Heritage Foundation unveiled its 900-page wish list for a new Trump presidency and a compliant Supreme Court. Trump’s victory last time was a surprise, and many corporate types view his chaotic term as a missed opportunity. This time Heritage, which is a mouthpiece for big employers, has compiled a long list of people they want Trump to hire and appoint, and a scorched-earth plan for his first 180 days.

Project 2025’s plan to gut civil service with mass firings: ‘It’s like the bad old days of King Henry VIII’Even as Trump tries to disavow the rightwing blueprint, both have similar plans to replace many federal employees

How Bad Would a Trump Presidency Be for Labor?The Right has given us plenty of indications of the dangers a second Trump term could pose to labor. To see how bad things might get, we can look to another example of a brutally anti-labor presidency: Ronald Reagan’s.

Ten Ways Project 2025 Could Undermine Workers’ RightsThe blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term revives familiar Republican plans to weaken unions and undermine employee protections.

Trump and Project 2025 would make hurricane recovery even harderThe plan proposes to shut down weather forecasting, flood insurance, and disaster relief.

NV union organizer: Project 2025 threatens labor movementReno's independent, online news and events source. Established in 2009.

Project 2025 Jeopardizes Workers' Rights to Overtime Pay and Fair CompensationOvertime pay is crucial in ensuring fair compensation and protecting workers’ time for personal and family obligations. Unfortunately, Project 2025—the blueprint for the GOP’s policy agenda—proposes changes that threaten these protections.

Trump’s ‘Project 2025’ would take away many of our hard-won rights and freedomsVisit our new website to learn about Donald Trump’s plans to harm public service workers in a second term.

At ‘shred’ event, Minnesota union members sound the alarm on Project 2025AFSCME Minnesota Council 5 and Council 65 members participated in a “shred” event outside the state Capitol in St. Paul to sound the alarm about Project 2025.

Union members hold rally against Project 2025 On Saturday, October 5 union members held a rally opposing Project 2025 despite Former Pres. Trump denials of involvement in the initiative.

Trump’s pitch to unions belies anti-worker policies in Project 2025 • Nevada CurrentWhen Teamsters Union president Sean O’Brien took the podium the first night of the Republican National Convention this week, he readily acknowledged his participation was unique. “I don’t care about getting criticized,” O’Brien said, referring to organized labor’s long history, with exceptions in the building trades, of endorsing Democrats. “It’s an honor to be the […]

Trump claims he’s pro-worker. Project 2025 will gut labor rightsFar-right plan for a Republican presidency would undercut unions, strip child labor laws and boost corporate profits

Project 2025’s attacks on public-sector unions would cost workers billions per year - EPI ActionBy: Josh Bivens and Celine McNicholas Donald Trump’s Project 2025 contains a long list of proposals that would make it harder for workers to win unions and the benefits of collective bargaining. The plan directly attacks public-sector unions, suggesting that they are “not compatible with constitutional government” and calls on Congress to consider banning them … Continue reading "Project 2025’s attacks on public-sector unions would cost workers billions per year"

Project 2025 would erode labor rights and roll back child labor lawsProject 2025 would ban unions for public service workers, let companies stop paying overtime, eliminate child labor protections, and repeal wage laws.

Inside Project 2025’s plan to weaken unions and lower workers’ wages

AFL-CIO: Project 2025 and Unions

Project 2025’s magical thinking – four essential takeawaysI read the whole 922 pages; bottom line, it’s their way or the highway

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