Laura Flanders & Friends

Project 2025 and the Far Right's Plot Against Workers

What risks do working people face this Labor Day? Workers continue to die on the job and struggle to protect worker safety, but the dangers for labor go beyond bad bosses. On the federal level, the far Right’s Project 2025 playbook has plans to gut unions and fire federal workers.

Project 2025 and the Far Right's Plot Against Workers

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