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21 Dec Sign now: Stop Trump’s nominee for labor secretary

Posted at 15:58h in Trump Administration, Wages by

Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of labor—fast food CEO Andrew Puzder—would be a disaster for working Americans. He’s railed against a meaningful increase in the minimum wage, opposed expanding overtime pay and supported replacing working people with machines.

Sign the AFL-CIO’s petition immediately to tell your members of Congress to oppose him. 

There were many signs that President-elect Donald Trump would be a disaster for working families, but his choice for secretary of labor—fast food CEO Andrew Puzder—is truly horrifying.

Puzder’s anti-worker views are no secret. He’s railed against a meaningful increase in the minimum wage, opposed expanding overtime pay and advocated replacing working people with machines. Of his Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants that were investigated for labor law complaints, 60% were found to have violated the law. Most of these complaints were for failure to pay workers minimum wage or overtime.

And, while working people at his fast food chain sometimes were making below minimum wage, Puzder was taking big compensation packages. In 2012, he made 291 times as much as workers at his restaurants.

Now, he could be in charge of enforcing our nation’s labor laws—from ensuring workplace safety to investigating wage theft.

Sign the petition to tell your members of Congress to oppose Puzder for secretary of labor.

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