Job growth is also in danger because the Trump administration is cutting money for key laws passed under President Biden, like the Inflation Reduction Act. Without that funding, people are losing jobs, and workers are losing important services and protections..
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The situation is getting worse as Trump’s administration plans to fire about 222,000 federal workers. Many have already been laid off or forced into early retirement. The cuts are also affecting private companies that rely on government contracts and nonprofit workers who are losing their jobs or being because government funding is frozen. All of […]
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Since Trump became president, the job market in both public and private sectors has weakened. By February 2025, 460,000 people had to work part-time or had their hours cut, which is a big increase. At the same time, job growth in the private sector unexpectedly slowed. A measure of worker power, which looks at the […]