Trump Plans To Throw Out Federal Workers' Union Contracts
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The president said agreements reached late in Joe Biden's presidency were meant to "harm my Administration."

Summary

Trump is nullifying federal employee union contracts negotiated in Biden’s final days.

Affected contracts include one with the Education Department ratified just before his inauguration. Trump cited a 2010 Supreme Court decision to justify his stance but did not provide a clear legal basis.

Federal employee unions, representing 800,000 workers, vowed legal action, calling Trump’s move unlawful intimidation.

This continues Trump’s prior efforts to weaken job protections, with additional plans to reclassify and lay off civil servants.

  • sudo42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 hours ago

    That’s also pretty damn close to what Trump genuinely wants - for everyone currently doing the work to quit. That way he can install lackeys across the board.

    This plan only works if employees are indeed replaceable cogs. The thought is, “If employees quit, then we can simply replace them all”. “Unskilled labor” as it were. This assumption is common in management circles.

    • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      There’s also the not-so-secret goal of dismantling the government from the inside. The Republicans have been openly running with that one for 45 years