CWA, Allies Urge Court to Declare Trump Order 'Unlawful'

CWA, Public Citizen, and the Natural Resources Defense Council stepped up action against the Trump administration's unlawful Executive Order that directs federal agencies to repeal two federal regulations for every new one they issue.

In a new filing this week, the groups asked the federal district court to declare that the Executive Order is unlawful and must be set aside. The court must act, they argued, because this order would cause direct harm to citizens.  

"This Executive Order would block or force the repeal of regulations needed to protect health, safety, the environment, consumer safeguards, and more, while ignoring the positive benefits of these regulations to working families and communities," they said.

"Why is the Trump administration demanding that working people give up one set of job health and safety protections in order to get protection from another equally dangerous condition?" questioned CWA President Chris Shelton. "Do we have to scrap the chemical hazards workplace standard in order to adopt new safeguards for health care workers from infectious diseases? This order violates federal and state legislation, and it violates common sense."