Trump Is Anti Worker, Union - 10 of His Worst Anti Worker Statements

'Trump is anti-worker. Here are 10 of his most shocking anti-worker statements,' The Guardian, Oct. 23, 2024. Edit. - The former president actually said that the wages of US workers are ‘too high’. And that’s far from the worst 🍟
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Many people failed to realize that Donald Trump has a long, ugly history of making anti-worker and anti-union statements.

He has at times insulted workers, saying their wages are too high, saying their work is so easy that a child can do it. The former US president has also sought to sabotage labor by saying union members shouldn’t pay their dues and successful union leaders should be fired. Trump has also sought to trick workers by making wonderful-sounding promises that he couldn’t possibly make good on. Below are Trump’s 10 most shocking anti-worker and anti-union statements:

Trump actually said that the wages of US workers are “too high”.

He insulted the nation’s workers by insisting their pay is too high because from Trump’s billionaire, pro-business viewpoint, that makes it too hard for US companies to compete. Trump said that workers’ pay was too high even though corporate profits and the stock market were booming at the time. Trump suggested that automakers in the midwest move some operations to the south so that they could reduce their workers’ wages – the last thing that workers want. “You can go to different parts of the U.S.” Trump said that after the auto industry in the midwest “loses a couple of plants – all of sudden you’ll make good deals [to lower workers’ wages] in your own area”.

Trump praised the idea of firing workers who are on strike, even though that is illegal under federal law.

In a conversation with his billionaire campaign supporter Elon Musk, Trump applauded the idea of corporations telling their striking workers: “You’re all gone.”

“You’re the greatest cutter,” Trump told Musk. “I look at what you do. You walk in and say: ‘You want to quit?’ I won’t mention the name of the company, but they go on strike and you say: ‘That’s OK. You’re all gone.’” Trump tried to portray himself as a regular worker by donning an apron for a photo op at a McDonald’s in PA, but the fact is, Trump has never been a worker and has always been an owner. He has always had management’s interest at heart, particularly when it comes to workers. Trump insults workers’ intelligence when says he always wanted to be a McDonald’s worker. Trump insulted the nation’s factory workers by saying their jobs are such a cinch that children can do them. By saying that, he showed he has very little understanding of blue-collar jobs and how hard, exhausting and sometimes dangerous they are.

In a recent speech to the Economic Club of Chicago, Trump talked about auto assembly plant jobs as if they’re as simple as a child assembling Lego. “They [workers] don’t build cars. They take’em out of a box, and they assemble’em. We could have our child do it.” Trump said he hates overtime pay. In a speech last month in PA, he revealed how stingy he is toward workers by saying he tried to minimize what he paid his workers by always making sure he avoided paying time-and-a-half overtime pay. “I hated to give overtime. I hated it. I shouldn’t say this, but I’d get other people in. I wouldn’t pay. I hated it.”

Trump lied to the country’s workers and insulted their intelligence when he said he always paid contractors and workers on time and what they’re supposed to be paid...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/23/trump-anti-worker-union-statements