Labor in the Trump Years

Authors

Charlotte Garden

Abstract

For Unions, the 2016 election changed everything. Instead of building upon the advances of the past eight years, Unions will be facing a Trump administration hostile to their interests. Under Obama, the NLRB took a broad view of worker's rights. This included a pragmatic view on the fissured workplace, a widening of the statutory definition of 'employee,' and 'employer,' and increased enforcement of NLRA rights for non-union members. But now under Trump, unions will face a conservative supreme court likely to rule against unions. Unions will also face a Republican Senate and Congress looking to pass anti-labor legislation. All hope is not lost though, as a pro-labor message continues to resonate with the American public. Unions most now be able to transform public popularity in the message to popularity in policy.

Recommended Citation

Charlotte Garden, Labor in the Trump Years, 4 Emory Corp. Governance & Accountability Rev. 95 (2017).
Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/ecgar/vol4/iss0/9