Trump Plans To Nullify New Federal Union Contracts

[Wicked Blue]

Source: HuffPost

President Donald Trump said late Friday that he plans to nullify federal employee union contracts that agencies agreed to late in former President Joe Biden’s term.

In a memo to agency heads, Trump said that Biden officials had negotiated new collective bargaining agreements meant to “to harm my Administration,” in part by undermining his return-to-office mandate, and that he intended to scrap them and bargain his own.

He referred specifically to a contract ratified with the Education Department days before he took office.

“Such last-minute, lame-duck CBAs, which purport to bind a new President to his predecessor’s policies, run counter to America’s system of democratic self-government,” he claimed.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-federal-union-contracts_n_679e13d3e4b045766f103e19

[sakabatou]

1. He can't do that, can he?

[Wicked Blue]

2. Who is going to stop him?

[LauraInLA]

11. Lawsuits/courts

[valleyrogue]

14. Of course he can't. It is another diversionary tactic. n/t

[TomSlick]

17. Funny thing about contacts.

They result in a contractual duty the courts are accustomed to enforcing.

[Lovie777]

3. He can not.....

[Turbineguy]

4. Breaking contracts is an old trump MO.

[valleyrogue]

15. Not when it comes to public employees. n/t

[Bluethroughu]

5. Not suprising.

[Nigrum Cattus]

6. The repubs want complete incompetence

This will be another long process including court after court
battles. In the mean time their plan to gut the administrative
government will grind on. It is now "us & them" time.

[waterwatcher123]

7. Consider writing to the federal unions to suggest a nation-wide coordinated federal employees strike.

https://www.afge.org/
https://nffe.org/
https://www.nteu.org/
https://www.afscme.org/

Democrats need to have the union's back and pledge to support striking workers if they have the courage to walk. If they invalidated a previously negotiated contract, then unions are working without a contract or it reverts to the old contract. Either way, these folks are going to pick off federal employees one group at a time. You either stand up to these people collectively, or suffer individually as they try to take away their jobs and rights (and the services they provide to the American people).

[drmeow]

8. Can Trump pull a Reagan?

I will always support striking workers but if the federal employees go on strike and Trump fires them, what good is my support?

Also - f**k Reagan, I hope he is burning in hell.

[valleyrogue]

16. I don't think so. There will be injunctions against it all over the place. n/t

[Dumpy]

19. I think Federal Unions agree not to strike.

That doesn't mean they can't file lawsuits.

''On August 3, 1981, PATCO members went on strike, demanding better working conditions, a shorter workweek, and higher pay. Strikes by federal employees were illegal under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which PATCO members had agreed to abide by.''

[Unwind Your Mind]

10. I had been thinking

That air traffic controllers and pilots striking would really throw a wrench in the works

I’m sure there’s a certain amount of military that could be called to replace them, but not nearly enough right?

[MayReasonRule]

13. Agreed

100%!

[alarimer]

9. Unfortunately, they can't strike.

Which is the only leverage normal unions have.

[EarthFirst]

12. We as a nation could strike on their behalf...

…are we there yet?

[Strelnikov_]

18. " . . run counter to America's system of democratic self-government,"

That’s rich.