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Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board

Written by Jake Rosenfeld, Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis

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...

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