From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/):
In the Donald Trump era, there is a lot we must collectively resist. Trump’s disgusting defense of neo-Nazis threatens the safety of our communities. And his policies on jobs and wages will hurt working families and further stack the deck toward CEOs and big business.
To hold Donald Trump and Congress accountable, EPI has launched the Perkins Project on Worker Rights and Wages as your watchdog unit monitoring, analyzing, and publicizing any attempts to dismantle the laws and regulations that protect working people.
EPI’s Perkins Project is led by former Obama Department of Labor Chief Economist Heidi Shierholz.
This month Shierholz published a report on how the Trump administration’s delay in implementing the fiduciary rule will cost retirement savers $10.9 billion in services and fees to Wall Street “advisers.”
Shierholz’s wide-ranging research is covering everything from the federal budget to overtime pay for millions of workers.
Her recent piece titled “How President Trump and congressional Republicans are undercutting wages and protections for working people,” (co-authored by EPI’s Samantha Sanders) looks at how Trump-era policies are protecting Wall Street profits, undercutting labor unions and letting employers off the hook for labor violations including hiding fatal injuries.
One of the next big issues Congress is expected to tackle is the federal budget. For a preview on what to expect, check out Shierholz’s “Policy Watch: Trump budget weakens protections for working people.”
Thank you for standing with EPI during these difficult times to protect the rights and wages of all working people―union and nonunion alike.
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