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Project 2025: Eliminate Unions
Trump Las Vegas hotel workers fighting for a contract joined a rally against his campaign for president in 2016. Despite his posturing, Trump has always been on the employers' side... and if he wins this time, the employers are preparing to take even fuller advantage. Photo: UNITE HERE
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/07/project-2025-eliminate-unions
July 16, 2024 / Jenny Brown
Corporate 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.
Day 1 they want to fire the best National Labor Relations Board general counsel we’ve had in my lifetime, Jennifer Abruzzo.
Then Project 2025 foresees reclassifying thousands of civil service employees by executive order so they can be fired and replaced with the corporations’ loyal troops.
FULL story at link above.