The following article by Christopher Cook was posted on the AlterNet website March 23, 2017:
Editor’s note February 15, 2017: President Trump’s nomination of fast-food executive Andy Puzder collapsed today amid widening concerns about his lengthy trail of labor violations, worker mistreatment, and personal scandals. It’s a big win for unions and worker justice groups that vigorously battled Puzder—but who’s up next for the job, and what’s the larger Trump agenda for labor and workers? Beyond the Puzder meltdown and the next nominee, Trump and the Ryan Congress have an extensive detailed plan to undermine workers and unions–a plan with deep roots in Republican and right-wing circles.
In 1989, during the transition from Presidents Reagan to George H.W. Bush, the rightwing Heritage Foundation expressed dismay that “free market” reforms were not moving fast enough. The group weighed in with a burly 900-plus page “Mandate for Leadership,” urging Reagan Revolutionaries to more aggressively dismantle government regulations. Continue reading “Here Comes The Big Assault On Workers’ Rights”