Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault

<p>President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC</p><p>As a presidential candidate last fall, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to battle for US workers, but ever since he returned to the White House, he has taken a surprisingly large number of anti-worker actions, labor experts say. Some of those moves, among them hobbling the National Labor Relations Board, will help Trump’s billionaire business friends, most notably Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.</p><p>In his first few weeks back in office, Trump <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/trump-firings-nlrb">fired the acting chair of the National Labor Relations Board</a> (NLRB), leaving the US’s top labor watchdog without a quorum to enforce laws that protect workers’ right to unionize. Trump has designated Musk, a vehemently anti-union billionaire, to launch an all-out war against the federal bureaucracy and workforce, and Trump and Musk have essentially treated the country’s 2 million-plus federal employees as if they were disposable.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/16/trump-anti-worker-actions-unions">Continue reading...</a>