President Trump's latest executive order aims to strip collective bargaining rights from federal workers, claiming it enhances national security. Critics argue this is a facade for undermining labor protections. Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, condemns the order as a retaliatory attack on civil servants, including many veterans. The order's reach appears to extend beyond national security agencies to numerous federal workers, raising concerns about the implications for collective bargaining across the government.
"President Trump's latest executive order is a disgraceful and retaliatory attack on the rights of hundreds of thousands of patriotic American civil servants - nearly one-third of whom are veterans - simply because they are members of a union that stands up to his harmful policies."
"The far-reaching order, which cites the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act as the source of his presidential authority, goes way beyond restricting collective bargaining and union representation at agencies with a national security mandate."
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