The War on Workers

Your Neighbor on the Left Podcast · Sep 9, 2026 · 41m

Donald Trump has built his political brand around hard hats, factory floors, and promises to fight for the American working man—but what happens after the cameras leave? In The War on Workers, we look past the manufacturing-r­enaissance rhetoric and examine the Trump administration’s record on federal contractor wages, independent-contractor rules, overtime, home-care workers, workplace safety, and collective bargaining. Because bringing jobs back matters—but creating a job and giving the person doing it a fair deal are two very different things. If you want to know who a politician is really…