Letter to the editor: How Trump is hurting American workers

How President Trump’s policies hurt the American workers:

1. Tax cuts overwhelmingly favor the wealthy, 83% of the benefits going to the top 1%.

2. He reduced the minimum wage for federal contractors, which could lead to pay cuts of 25% to 60% for these lower-wage workers.

3. He took away the rights of over 1 million federal workers to organize and collectively bargain.

4. His chaotic trade war is likely to push the economy into a recession.

5. He is stacking the courts and the Federal Reserve Board with anti-worker candidates.

6. He is cutting Wall Street regulations that protect workers’ investment.

7. He is making health care more expensive.

8. His mass deportations will result in increased food prices.

9. His Labor secretary announced a deregulatory agenda that will weaken wage standards, workplace safety and other protections.

10. He has weakened the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which protects workers from predatory financial practices.

For more information, Google “Federal Policy Watch” and “100 Ways Trump has hurt workers.”

Sandy Kremer

Youngwood