Trump claims to be pro-worker. His record says he’s anti-union


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New York CNN — Donald Trump arrives in Michigan Wednesday with a lot more support among blue collar union members than a lot of Republican presidential candidates before him. But his record as president is decidedly anti-union. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees labor relations at most businesses, and Trump’s court appointments, particularly to the Supreme Court, have handed unions major setbacks since he took office in 2017. “He’s not supportive of workers’ right to organize, bargain collectively or strike,” said Cathy Creighton, an NLRB attorney during the Clinton administration and a union lawyer who now serves as the...