Fair pay and safe workplace act

This week in the war on workers: Trump’s top attacks on workers … so far

  The Economic Policy Institute’s Perkins Project “tracks actions by the administration, Congress, and the courts that affect people’s wages and their rights at work,” and as we get to the end of Donald Trump’s first 100 days, they’ve provided a list of the top 10 things he and congressional Republicans have done to working …

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Trump revokes executive order, weakens protections for LGBT workers

An executive order President Trump signed Monday rescinded an executive order President Obama implemented that would have required companies that contract with the federal government to provide documentation about their compliance with various federal laws. Some have argued that this will make it harder to enforce the LGBT protections President Obama implemented for employees of …

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Did You Vote For Unfair Pay and Unsafe Workplaces?

Who could be against fair pay and safe workplaces? Give you one guess. President Trump just signed a bill, passed by the Republicans in the House and Senate, that repealed President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order. “Fair pay and safe workplaces” says it all. The rule stated that our government should contract with …

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Republicans Repealing A Rule To Stop Wage Theft? It’s Who They Are

Who could be against rules that try to protect workers from having their pay stolen, having their health and safety put at risk, and being subjected to civil rights and labor law violations? See if you can guess who. Last August, President Obama implemented a ‘Fair Pay And Safe Workplaces’ executive order that aims to stop companies …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.