Trump Repeals Regulation Protecting Workers From Wage Theft

[vkkv]

Source: HuffPo

WASHINGTON ― Companies that commit wage theft and put their workers in harm’s way just received a favor from the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump signed a bill Monday repealing a regulation that had encouraged federal contractors to follow labor laws. Under the Obama-era rule, companies with an egregious record of violating wage and safety laws would lose their government contracts if they didn’t come into compliance.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-repeals-regulation-wage-theft_us_58d9408ee4b03692bea814c9?8o0h8irugwjdims4i&

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What else is new... Trump hates working people.

[kimbutgar]

1. I bet not one of his supporters will ever hear what he did today!

And they are most likely to be affected by it.

[Blanks]

2. I swear, some of these Obama executive orders...

He just put out there so Trump would look like an ass when he repealed them.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Of course he did. I hope the Dems are keeping track of these things

and the next time an election rolls round, jam them right up the asses of Trump and the GOP.

[iluvtennis]

4. And the WWC folks who voted for Dumpty support this _GAH

[Matthew28]

5. Trump has a history of doing this to his workers

The guy is just rolling back everything that protects workers from scum like him...Workers better wake up to the reality that Trump is their enemy.

[Botany]

7. And to all those dumb ass angry white voters who will get screwed by this:

Tough Shit.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Wasn't he the guy that claimed to be for the common workers?

[left-of-center2012]

9. From the linked article :

“By blocking this rule, the president and congressional Republicans ... will continue to support contractors with a history of wage theft and health and safety violations.”

[vkkv]

11. Yippeeee !!

[mdbl]

10. Trump is an asshole

Why are repuglicans such assholes?

[Ahpook]

12. What a fucking joke

What is the justification for this?

I only know one supporter and he is deadly silent lately. The only place I get a decent idea of what these rubes are thinking is watching Washington Journal in the AM. Apparently there are still way to many!

Fucking suckers!

[Hortensis]

13. Rump signed 4 bills rolling back regulations yesterday alone.

Last edited Tue Mar 28, 2017, 04:29 AM - Edit history (3)

Deconstructing progressive government regulations protecting the interests of the people.

This one, of course, is Trump's repeal of Obama's "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" law, requiring large federal contractors to disclose their history of labor law violations when bidding for contracts. If it seems like the MSM isn't giving it a lot of space, that's because it's been expected for over 2 months. WaPo wrote on it before Rump was even sworn in.

Tomorrow's a huge one: Rump will reverse Obama's attempts to combat climate change, of course a great day for energy plutocrats, like the Kochs.

But most deconstruction is so far taking place within government agencies. Back in January, Rump signed a 2-for-1 bill requiring agencies to "revoke two regulations for every new rule they want to issue. The executive order is aimed at dramatically rolling back federal regulations, one of his top campaign promises." And most of these agencies are now in the hands of people with a mandate to destroy them.