NonilexSep 1

On freaking #LaborDay weekend

#Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million #FederalWorkers of #Union Rights

Trump, who has targeted #CollectiveBargaining contracts for nearly one million government employees, has said their functions touch on #NationalSecurity [what a joke].

#law #labor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/trumps-unions-federal-workers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights

The president, who has targeted collective bargaining contracts for nearly one million government employees, has said their functions touch on national security.

The New York Times
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>445k #federal employees saw their #union protections disappear in August, as agencies moved to comply with an EO #Trump signed earlier this year that called for ignoring #CollectiveBargaining contracts with nearly one million workers.

#law #labor #unions

Sep 1 at 10:48pmWeb
Show threadNonilexSep 1

The termination of protections followed an Aug 1 appeals court ruling on legal challenges to Trump’s directive. The order, signed in late March, directed 22 agencies to ignore contracts for employees in specific #unions. Last Thursday, #Trump signed a 2nd EO stripping #union rights from thousands of other employees at 6 additional agencies.

#law #labor #unions

Show threadNonilexSep 1

#Trump said that the affected workers had roles that touched on #NationalSecurity, & that provisions in their #labor contracts could interfere with his policies being carried out. He cited, for example, the role that Dept of #VeteransAffairs employees play in providing care for wounded troops in wartime.

#law #labor #unions

Show threadNonilexSep 1

#Federal labor #unions targeted in the EOs have repeatedly sued the #Trump admin, & in some cases forced the admin to temporarily pause Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal work force & reshape the government. The American Federation of Government Employees [#AFGE] has filed more than a dozen lawsuits related to the federal work force. The White House has likened this to a declaration of “war.”

#law #labor #unions

Show threadNonilexSep 1

So far, 9 agencies have terminated #union contracts that covered >445k #FederalWorkers from the #EPA, US #CoastGuard, #FEMA, #GSA, the Departments of #HHS, #Agriculture & #VeteransAffairs, & parts of #ICE & #Citizenship & #Immigration Services.

“This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history,” said Mike Podhorzer, a former political director of the #AFLCIO. “There’s not another time when that many people lost their union.”

#law #labor #unions #Trump

Show threadTC Won't Give In To LiesSep 2

@Nonilex

Where are the unions?

Why aren't they leading a series of rolling #GeneralStrikes ?

Show threadJustin MSep 2
@TCatInReality @Nonilex workers are non chalant and unions endorsed the orange one
Show threadJustin MSep 2

@TCatInReality @Nonilex I guess I should make a slight correction to my previous post. Seems many union rank and file ate up Trump's BS

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2024/10/22/trumps-grip-on-the-union-rank-and-file-00184958

Trump’s grip on the union rank-and-file

POLITICO
Show threadTC Won't Give In To LiesSep 2

@Jam123 @Nonilex

Yes, most unions endorsed Harris.

The union workers, on the other hand...

Show threadShirley EugestSep 1
@Nonilex
His policies of selling of our resources to Russia?
Show threadprauSep 2

@Nonilex

Unions are a redundant, and harmful, link in the chain of production of consumers goods.