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.
These are a bunch of civil servants, not tradespeople. Trade unions are the ones you don’t fuck with.
Piss enough people off and it don’t matter the flavor of union
I suspect trades unions might join with them in solidarity. The civil servants would have to put themselves on the line, but I think they would have support.
Welp…
Just a friendly reminder that multiple Roman emperors were killed by bureaucrats.
Not at all, unless you consider the Praetorian Guard “bureaucrats”, which would be a hell of a stretch.
Aurelian and several Eastern Roman emperors beg to differ.
I’ll grant you Aurelian, but equating the Byzantine court to HR department staff is… something. I think the analogue there would be if congress or the Chiefs of Staff were to depose the President.
There were a couple Eastern Roman emperors who got shanked by bureaucrats. Mind uou they didnt reign for long and barely made it into the history books.
Don’t rule out civil servants. One thing that’s great about civil service is plenty of PTO available to hit the range.
I’ve been out shooting, and working on my shooting drills a lot over the past month. Also been introducing more people to firearms, and hosting some first aid classes (Stop the Bleed and CPR). What have you been doing over the past month?
Yeah, that’s my concern I’ve worked with the civil servants. They’re angry all the time but never do anything.
Surely there must be a few of them that arenot “angry and lazy”?
There must be at least a few that make the Government actually function?
I’m not saying they’re lazy I’m just saying they are not going to do anything about being angry.
Ah I get it. I misinterpreted your meaning.
To be fair, I wasn’t quite clear :)
Have you seen any backlash to date other than hand-wringing online?
To be honest, we’re JUST starting to see proper levels on social media now. It gives me hope that we’ll move, even it it’s at a glacial pace. Maybe we’ll protest once it gets warmer out…