It doesn’t look as if Mr. Trump’s latest nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, will be a friend to workers or unions. Labor unions might get a boost from Mr. Trump’s efforts to increase coal, steel and aluminum production and from his push to renegotiate Nafta to spur domestic auto production. The Trump administration and many unions hope those moves will bring back tens of thousands of mining and manufacturing jobs. Steven Greenhouse was a labor and workplace reporter for The New York Times for 19 years. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook and Twitter (@NYTopinion), and sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter.

Source: New York Times September 03, 2018 09:56 UTC