The focus of the Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) report issued on January 12, 2018 is in its name: Ten actions that hurt workers during Trump’s first year: How Trump and Congress further rigged the economy in favor of the wealthy
See the article for facts about how workers are affected by each action on this list:
- Enacting tax cuts that overwhelmingly favor the wealthy over the average worker
- Taking billions out of workers’ pockets by weakening or abandoning regulations that protect their pay
- Blocking workers from access to the courts by allowing mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts
- Pushing immigration policies that hurt all workers
- Rolling back regulations that protect worker pay and safety
- Stacking the Federal Reserve Board with candidates friendlier to Wall Street than to working families
- Ensuring Wall Street can pocket more of workers’ retirement savings
- Stacking the Supreme Court against workers by appointing Neil Gorsuch
- Trying to take affordable health care away from millions of working people
- Undercutting key worker protection agencies by nominating anti-worker leaders