Trump Administration Has Proven No Friend to Organized Labor

Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor

Despite promises made while campaigning in 2024, as president Donald Trump's policies and actions have hurt unions and blue collar workers, says professor Jake Rosenfeld. Trump is shown answering questions from autoworkers on Sept. 27, 2024 in Warren, Michigan. (Photo by Kyle Davidson/ Michigan Advance) During the 2024 election campaign, the Republican Party’s historically fraught relationship with organized labor appeared to be changing. Severa…

Trump has proven no friend to labor, from attacking unions to paralyzing national board

President Donald Trump waves goodbye to reporters following a meeting with the Teamsters in 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)During the 2024 election campaign, the Republican Party’s historically fraught relationship with organized labor appeared to be changing. Several influential Republicans reached out to unions, seeking to cement the loyalties of the growing ranks of working-class Americans who have been backing Donald Trump’s presidenti…

O’NEILL: Democrats are still the home of organized labor

“In the UAW, we’re not Republicans or Democrats, we’re trade unionists.” — UAW President Shawn Fain in 2025 on his support for Trump’s tariffs. First of all, shame on Shawn Fain to imply that the Trump presidency is in the interest of unions. Donald Trump is hostile to every interest, vested and unvested, unions maintain. One issue does not justify Fain to speak in favor of Trump. Moreover, Fain is dead wrong on his support for Trump’s tariffs. …

Organized Labor's Failure to Meet the Moment - Lawyers, Guns & Money

I have an opinion piece in today’s New York Times about labor’s failure to step up and challenge Trump. The lack of a labor response to Mr. Trump contrasts significantly with labor’s response to the crisis precipitated when Ronald Reagan fired air traffic controllers in 1981. Solidarity Day brought upward of 260,000 union members and allies to Washington in September 1981 to call for workers to fight against the Reagan domination of the working…