Labor

2024-09-05 Vance claimed during a rally, “There is a logic to what the Democrats are trying to do. It’s disgusting, but there’s a logic to it. They want illegal aliens to steal everybody’s job, and now they want illegal aliens to steal everybody’s vote.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw

2024-11-12 Trump appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to DOGE. The White House later alternated between claiming Musk was and was not leading DOGE. Musk was sending out his “What did you do last week” emails.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/12/g-s1-33972/trump-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge-government-efficiency-deep-state

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277463/gov.uscourts.dcd.277463.24.1.pdf

2025 January

2025-01-20 DOGE cut roughly 271,000 federal positions over 18 months.

https://usafacts.org/articles/what-is-going-on-with-doge/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/

2025-01-20 Page 588 of Project 2025 cuts overtime protections for American workers.

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

https://bacweb.org/bac-journal/project-2025-get-facts

https://nationalpartnership.org/report/theyre-coming-for-your-overtime-pay/

2025-01-20 Portions of Project 2025 undermine or hinder union rights, including giving corporations the right to “union bust” on page 602.

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

https://betterinaunion.org/project-2025

https://bloomingtonian.com/2025/07/24/judge-finds-amazon-violated-labor-law-at-multiple-facilities-but-upholds-some-key-policies/

https://betterinaunion.org/system/files/2024-06/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL_0.pdf#page=634

2025-01-20 Page 697 of Project 2025 outlines a plan to tax worker benefits.

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

https://betterinaunion.org/project-2025

2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 13999 Protecting Worker Health and Safety.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/amazon-response-re-safe-and-healthy-working-conditions-during-extreme-heat/

https://techland.time.com/2011/09/21/amazon-employees-carried-out-of-115-degree-warehouse-by-paramedics/

https://keystoneresearch.org/research_publication/protesters-shame-amazon-into-installing-air-conditioning-for-warehouses/

https://www.paworkinjury.com/blog/2011/10/pennsylvania-amazon-warehouse-conditions-examined/?print=pdf

https://www.geekwire.com/2011/amazon-feeling-heat-warehouse-allegations-issues-response/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/amazon-worker-protests-chicago-heat-wave

2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14003 Protecting the Federal Workforce.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/

2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14052 Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/

2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14055 Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/

2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14057 Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/

2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14069 Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/

2025 March

2025-03-27 Trump signed executive order 14251 “Exclusions from Federal Labor Management Relations Programs”, which removed collective bargaining rights for more than 40 federal agencies.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/03/2025-05836/exclusions-from-federal-labor-management-relations-programs

https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-terminates-union-contracts-for-most-bargaining-unit-employees/

2025 May

2025-05-15 Trump kicked a new VA budget in high gear to privatize VA healthcare and dismantle the system. According to Veteran’s Affairs CMTE, at least 1.2M Veterans will lose their provider AND 62000 Veterans will lose their federal jobs.

https://levin.house.gov/media/op-eds/militarycom-the-new-va-budget-pushes-to-privatize-care-risking-the-veterans-health-system

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-veterans-affairs-privatize-health-care-1235398423/

https://apwu.org/news/dangerous-new-trump-bill-threatens-veterans-health-care/

https://prospect.org/2026/06/04/trump-kicks-dismantling-of-veterans-health-care-into-high-gear/

https://nmvetscaucus.org/articles/trump-is-dismantling-the-va-to-privatize-veterans-health-care/

VETS LOSING PROVIDERS https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4432026/va-workforce-losses-veteran-healthcare/

VETS LOSING JOBS https://www.cbpp.org/blog/veterans-have-borne-trump-administrations-deep-cuts-to-federal-personnel

VETS LOSING JOBS https://www.afge.org/article/new-report-details-how-trumps-policies-are-harming-veterans-va-workers/

2025-05-20 Trump and supporters announced the lackluster “No Tax For Tips” bill, which ended up being temporary in nature, featured an income cap up to $25,000, and excluded payroll and state taxes.

https://www.epi.org/publication/everything-you-need-to-know-about-no-tax-on-tips/

https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/how-does-no-tax-on-tips-work-in-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/

https://itep.org/conforming-to-the-no-tax-on-tips-gimmick-just-got-riskier-and-costlier-for-states/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_tax_on_tips

2025 June

2025-06-24 The Trump administration scrambled to rehire federal workers fired by DOGE. Those DOGE cuts cost taxpayers an estimated $135B.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/doge-fired-workers-rehired

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/doges-big-illusion-the-heavy-costs-of-the-trump-administrations-so-called-efficiency/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-cuts-cost-135-billion-analysis-elon-musk-department-of-government-efficiency/

2025 August

2025-08-01 Even after Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Chief Erika McEntarfer, the job market data still showed a heavy decline. Trump nominated Heritage Foundation’s E.J. Antoni to replace McEntarfer.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/us-job-market-jobs-report-july-2025.html

2025-08-05 Critics accused DOGE of indiscriminate cuts to agriculture, education, science, infrastructure, and environmental programs despite promises of “surgical” reductions.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/doge-cuts-by-city-state-and-congressional-district/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-attack-doge-staffer-coristine-rcna223293

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_federal_agencies_targeted_by_DOGE

2025 September

2025-09-09 U.S. added one million fewer jobs to the market than reported.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/09/us-economy-is-worse-than-thought-with-1point2-million-fewer-jobs-what-that-means-for-the-fed.html

2025-09-19 Trump signed an executive order imposing a $100K fee for H1B1 visas. This visa would normally allow highly skilled workers to enter the country’s tech industry; now it will only be accessible to those with wealth.

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/h-1b-faq

2025-09-24 The Trump administration rehired many DOGE-fired federal workers.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/federal-fallout/trump-administration-moves-rehire-laid-off-federal-workers/65-4b677119-5100-4709-9ae9-4d5f217c71e5

2025 October Shutdown

This will have its own section under Economy-Labor-Poverty called “Shutdowns”

So anything related to shutdowns will be there, including weaponizing SNAP benefits and healthcare, and violating the Hatch Act.

2025 November

2025-11-21 Tyson Foods closed the Lexington Nebraska beef plant, leaving roughly 3200 people out of a job. This boosted Tyson stocks by 6%.

https://cap.unl.edu/news/understanding-tyson-lexington-plant-closure-what-it-means-cattle-producers/

https://www.producer.com/livestock/tyson-to-close-beef-plant-as-supplies-dwindle/

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/agencies-groups-reach-out-to-tyson-workers-as-lexington-beef-plant-closure-nears/

2025 December

2025-12-03 Layoff announcements hit a record high of 1.1 million since 2020 when Trump was last president.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/layoff-announcements-this-year-top-1point1-million-the-most-since-2020-when-pandemic-hit-challenger-says.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/layoffs-highest-since-pandemic-challenger-rcna247351

2025-12-31 Just 181,000 jobs were added in 2025, compared to 1.46M jobs in 2024 under Biden.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/january-jobs-revisions-trump-rcna258398

https://equitablegrowth.org/the-state-of-the-u-s-economy-one-year-into-the-second-trump-administration

https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/job-growth-last-year-was-far-worse-than-we-thought-heres-why-4308db41

2026 January

2026-01-28 In the same month, Jeff Bezos both fired 16,000 Amazon workers and forked over $75M to Melania Trump so she could make a documentary about herself.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/28/melania-trump-documentary-amazon-release

https://www.military.com/feature/2026/01/29/why-40-million-melania-trump-documentary-raising-eyebrows.html

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-cuts-16000-jobs-globally-broader-restructuring-2026-01-28/

https://www.fastcompany.com/91483264/layoffs-update-list-2026-amazon-nike-dow-ups-brutal-january-job-cuts

2026 February

2026-02-03 The Washington Post laid off a third of their staff.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyn05d1494o

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5699328/washington-post-layoffs-jobs-bezos

2026-02-05 The Trump administration advanced a plan to strip job protections from federal workers by reclassifying them under Schedule F.

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/06/nx-s1-5704171/trump-fire-federal-employees-schedule-f

https://www.nteu.org/schedulef

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/02/trump-administration-advances-plan-to-strip-job-protections-from-career-federal-employees/

2026-02-28 The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a sharp drop of 92,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 4.4%.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/06/february-jobs-report

https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/february-2026-jobs-report-today

2026 March

2026-03-16 Leaks revealed that DOGE used ChatGPT to decide who and what to cut.

https://fortune.com/2026/03/16/doge-employee-deposition-lawsuit-federal-deficit-elon-musk-spending/

https://abcnews.com/Politics/2-doge-staffers-regrets-people-losing-income-reduce/story?id=131050170

https://mashable.com/article/judge-orders-viral-doge-videos-taken-down-by-trump-admin-request-archivists

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/nyregion/doge-depositions-musk-lawsuit.html

https://abcnews.com/Politics/groups-fight-release-doge-deposition-videos-after-judge/story?id=131150741

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beMb-MHflOs

2026 April

2026-04-07 San Francisco launched the first round of layoffs to counter Trump’s federal budget cuts.

https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/06/city-layoffs-begin-lurie-hands-127-pink-slips

https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-francisco-layoffs-begin-deficit-nears-1-billion

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/news/local/san-francisco-layoffs-city-workers/4064311/

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mayor-lurie-layoffs-workers-deficit-22191898.php

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/video/san-francisco-mayor-comments-on-recent-layoffs-to-city-staffing/

2026-04-14 Trump’s “DoorDash Grandma” turned out to be a known lobbyist for the “No Tax for Tips” policy.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/trump-doordash-delivery-grandma-mcdonalds

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/04/14/has-doordash-grandma-appeared-with-other-gop-leaders-what-to-know/89602972007/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dNhUuy5uwaI

PAYWALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/doordash-meltdown-after-donald-trump-oval-office-stunt-backfires/

2026-04-23 Nike cut 1400 jobs.

https://www.reuters.com/business/nike-cut-1400-jobs-2026-04-23/

2026-04-23 Meta announced they would be cutting 8000 jobs.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/meta-job-cuts-10-percent-8000-employees/

2026-04-23 Microsoft announced they would be cutting around 9000 workers amid AI shifts.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/23/meta-microsoft-tech-ai-layoffs

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/316128/20260424/meta-microsoft-announce-job-cuts-thousands-employees-set-lose-their-jobs.htm

https://www.fastcompany.com/91531600/microsoft-voluntary-buyout-employees-first-ever-move-to-cut-jobs-workforce-ai-shift

2026 May

2026-05-01 Nebraska was the first red state to roll out Medicaid work requirements.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/nebraska-rolls-medicaid-work-requirements-putting-thousands-risk-losin-rcna342900

https://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/WorkRequirements.aspx

https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-implements-new-medicaid-work-requirements/71189141

https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/nebraska-medicaid-work-requirements-launch-first-state/818992/

2026-05-03 Spirit Airlines liquidated all its assets.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/spirit-airlines-says-it-has-no-choice-liquidate-operations-2026-05-04/

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/spirit-airlines-liquidation-has-minimal-impact-on-aerospace-industry-says-bofa-93CH-4656452

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/spirit-airlines-trump-bailout.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/spirit-airlines-scrambles-government-lifeline-161505884.html

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5789050/spirit-airlines-liquidation-bankruptcy-impact

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/spirit-airlines-rescue-trump-administration.html

https://www.detroitnews.com/videos/media/video/2026/04/22/spirit-airlines-liquidation-could-leave-loyal-customers-on-the-tarmac/89714989007/

https://viewfromthewing.com/spirit-airlines-is-days-away-from-liquidation-heres-why-their-business-failed/

PAYWALL https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-20/spirit-floats-us-government-stake-to-avoid-potential-liquidation

2026-05-05 Coinbase cut 14% of its workforce due to AI.

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/coinbase-cut-about-14-workforce-2026-05-05/

https://fortune.com/2026/05/05/coinbase-layoffs-14-of-employees-ai-tech-ai-job-anxiety-crypto/

2026-05-16 Over 3500 unionized workers walked off the job for the first LIR strike in over 30 years.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lirr-strike-mta-unions-tentative-agreement-hochul/

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lirr-strike-update-latest-train-mta/

2026-05-19 Twenty-five percent of job seekers reported it had taken them a year or longer to find a job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtEAIO6zYTo&list=WL&index=1

https://www.investopedia.com/quarter-of-job-searches-are-taking-more-than-a-year-11978096

2026-05-21 Cargill locked out a labor union in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6stnHP8Pgk&list=WL&index=5

https://jcpost.com/posts/810852f0-3a16-4d26-a331-b0ddc5bf8cdf

https://www.cpr.org/2026/05/21/cargill-locks-out-workers-fort-morgan/

2026 June

2026-06-03 Trump signed an EO to make it easier to fire federal workers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G02CvewRLD8&list=WL&index=3

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/03/politics/trump-at-will-federal-workers-executive-order

2026-06-03 On Capitol hill Mark Rubio testified that military operations against Iran were over, while Trump on the same day in the Oval Office told reporters the U.S. attacked Iran recently.

TIMESTAMP 2:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRYLrc4DU80&list=WL&index=2

2026-06-22 Mamdani signed an Executive Order protecting workers from extreme heat.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/23/headlines/nyc_mayor_mamdani_orders_protections_for_outdoor_workers_facing_extreme_heat

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/mayor-mamdani-signs-executive-order-protecting-workers-from-extr