http://www.epi.org/blog/by-rescinding-the-persuader-rule-trump-is-once-again-siding-with-corporate-interests-over-working-people/
Yesterday, the Trump administration took yet another step against working people by announcing that the Department of Labor (DOL) will rescind its "persuader rule," which would have helped level the playing field for workers by letting them know the source of the anti-union messages they receive during union drives.
Unions help union and nonunion workers in countless ways. They raise wages, make workplaces safer, and close the gender pay gap. Most importantly, unions let workers have their voices heard on the job. The ability of people to join together to negotiate for better working conditions and pay is even more important in an era of forced arbitration, where women who are sexually harassed often cannot get justice in a courtroom and workers who are being cheated out of minimum wage often cannot file class action lawsuits. All workers deserve a voice in their workplaces, and a union is one of the best ways for working people to make sure they are getting treated fairly on the job.
But many employers fight unionization efforts at every turn, by hiring professional anti-union consultants—"persuaders"—to bust their employees' organizing drives with sophisticated anti-union campaigns. Union-busting firms promise to equip employers with "campaign strategies" and "opposition research," and produce anti-union videos, websites, posters, buttons, T-shirts, and PowerPoint presentations for employers to deploy against their workers' unionizing efforts. Employers spend large amounts of money to hire anti-union consultants—sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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