
In the activists’ crosshairs is Trump’s Labor Department nominee, Andy Puzder, who is the CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s. Puzder’s understanding that real improvements to the job market and wage levels come from economic growth, not government mandates, threatens the activists’ pro-regulation agenda.
Puzder argues that making labor more expensive to businesses by implementing additional labor regulations means you will get less of it.