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Trump intensifies anti-union actions: bargaining limits and cut to OSHA inspections

In the year after returning to office, Donald Trump enacted multiple measures that experts say have weakened worker and union protections. Actions include a 20% cut in OSHA inspections, wage-related rollbacks, and a campaign to strip 1 million federal employees of collective bargaining rights.

• The Trump administration cut OSHA workplace inspections by 20% compared with Biden’s last year in office.
• Trump delayed implementation of a silica dust rule affecting coal miners; United Mine Workers demanded immediate enforcement.