Trump Gives Defense Department Power To Abolish Bargaining For Civilian Unions

[Laura PourMeADrink]

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/collective-bargaining-union-trump-defense-department-125030181.html

President Donald Trump has officially granted the Department of Defense the legal authority to abolish the collective bargaining rights of its civilian labor unions representing some 750,000 workers.

Gutting the unions would provide “maximum flexibility,” Trump wrote in a memo published Thursday in the Federal Register, which was first reported by Government Executive.

Trump signed the memo three weeks ago, invoking “national security” to justify granting the Defense Department an exemption from the law giving all federal workers the right to unionize.

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[Fullduplexxx]

1. National security a blanket of bullsht to do whatever

[Laura PourMeADrink]

2. Holy shit ..posted this a long time ago. This is huge

Totally amazing, even vigilant us. We don't even recognize when something supremely horrible happens.

[shanti]

3. Didn't we know this would happen eventually?

They've been attacking unions along with SS/Medicare forever. "National Security", my ass!

[DeminPennswoods]

4. Doesn't even matter

Belonged to a DoD union and the management didn't even take it seriously. Most personnel matters are covered by the CFR; raises are dependent on Congress. Federal unions are open shop, so the vast majority of DoD civilians do not even bother to join. Flextime, breaks, work-from-home are about the only issues for collective bargaining and those have now been established for many years and won't be taken away.