In signing the EO, President Trump used the authority granted him by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA), which empowered presidents to shape and oversee the federal workforce. We'll see what the judicial branch has to say about that and whether or not they held previous presidents to the same standards. //

Eric Blanc (also at ericblanc. b s k y ) @_ericblanc
Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers

This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
10:45 AM · Mar 28, 2025. //

G3
an hour ago
Labor unions came about to protect employees from predatory employers...is the federal government in the habit of mistreating its employees? No? then why should federal employees be unionized...other than to line the pockets of a select few at the top.

Frankly, most unions are worthless - especially the teachers' union. //

NorCalGC SH-2F SCPO
22 minutes ago
My grandfather was a member of the carpenters union. During WW2 he moved to the SF Bay Area to work as a welder in the shipyards. It was a nonunion job. When the war ended he went back to work for the union. After he’d put in his 30 years he went to the union office to get his pension. They told him he wasn’t eligible because his 30 years weren’t consecutive. They screwed him out of his pension. No one in his family has had any use for a union ever since. //

Az-Mt
an hour ago
Congress allocates money for wages and benefits so administration should not negotiate on anything except working conditions. Very little use of unions. Also stop deducting their dues. Make the Union collect them.