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From The Guardian: Trump claimed he was pro-worker. His new order shows how absurd that was

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Last week, he moved to end collective bargaining rights for 1 million people. And would anyone who cared about workers hire this staff

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE

If any workers are still holding on to the notion that Donald Trump is pro-worker or pro-union, his move last week to terminate union bargaining rights for 1 million federal workers should disabuse them of that notion. As a candidate Trump often wooed workers by promising to fight for them, but ever since he returned to the White House, he has taken dozens of anti-worker and anti-union actions.

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