Common Dreams: ‘Senseless Betrayal’ of Workers as Trump Agency Scraps Anti-Harassment Guidance With No Public Input

January 22. 2026

An article in Common Dreams quotes Executive Director Noreen Farrell about this week’s recission of EEOC workplace anti-harassment guidance:

Noreen Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates (ERA), said in a statement that the Trump administration is “abandoning millions of workers who face harassment on the job and sending a clear message that this administration will not lift a finger to protect them.”

“Trump-installed Chair Andrea Lucas orchestrated this rescission through the back door, refusing to issue the opportunity for public comment,” said Noreen Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates (ERA). “Requests for meetings to discuss the rescission, including ERA’s request, were canceled. This administration does not want to hear from the workers it is abandoning.”

“The Trump administration’s rescission of the EEOC workplace harassment guidance is about weaponizing a civil rights agency against the very people it was created to protect,” Farrell added.

Read the article.

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