Jenny Brownen at LaborNotes reports on Project 2025: Presidential Transition Project - the 900-page Heritage Foundation wish list for a new Trump Presidency and a compliant Supreme Court.  Trump’s victory last time was a surprise and many corporate types view his chaotic term as a missed opportunity.  This time, Heritage - which is a mouthpiece for big employers, has compiled a long list of people they want Trump to hire and appoint, and a scorched-earth plan for his first 180 days.  On Day 1 - they want to fire the best National Labor Relations Board General Counsel we’ve had in my lifetime, Jennifer Abruzzo.  Then Project 2025 foresees reclassifying thousands of Civil Service Employees by Executive Order so they can be fired and replaced with the corporations’ loyal troops.  From there, the plan is to bulldoze the protections U.S. Workers have built up over 100 years of determination, sacrifice and unity.  It’s ugly: Abolish Overtime Pay Laws; Outlaw Public Sector Unions – entirely; Get rid of health and safety protections; Eliminate the Federal Minimum Wage by letting States set their own; Make it harder to receive unemployment; and Put children back to work like in the 1920s.  Hitting Building Trades Workers, they would get rid of requirements for Prevailing Wage pay and Project Labor Agreements in Federal projects.  And there’s more….

To Find Out, Go To: Project 2025: Eliminate Unions | Labor Notes