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After months of Trump’s shock tactics, whistleblower groups are pushing back against attacks on workers’ rights

Written by Kate Kenny, Professor of Business and Society, University of Galway

In the US, under president Donald Trump, rapid assaults on civil servants’ rights, including their rights to speak out about wrongdoing, are increasingly part of the administration’s play for power. Shock tactics tend to work when the speed leaves observers too stunned to act.

But countering the...

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