*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Trump Finds a Brawler for His War on Workers Author: Nicholas Kristof https://www.nytimes.com/column/nicholas-kristof Source: NY Times

*Date:* Aug 10, 2019

*Summary:* President Trump talks a good game about helping American workers but has pursued arguably the most anti-labor agenda https://www.forbes.com/sites/pedrodacosta/2019/07/22/trump-ramps-up-assault-on-workers-rights-with-scalia-nomination-to-department-of-labor/#475e81725dd0 of any modern president. Now he has doubled down by choosing for secretary of labor a corporate lawyer who has spent his career battling workers.

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