Union busting efforts ARE BACK on the Federal Worker Level…..
Trump HAS BEEN after THIS since his first term….
It had been blocked by a federal judge last month as part of the NTEU lawsuit, but that block was lifted Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In its order canceling the injunction, the appeals court’s 2-1 majority said the union had not proved it would suffer “irreparable harm” if the executive order was executed while the lawsuit challenging it was ongoing….
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Trump’s order said the labor laws “cannot be applied to these agencies and agency subdivisions in a manner consistent with national security requirements and considerations.” The legislation affirming federal employees’ union rights allows for the president to exclude agencies and offices to ensure national security when they have “as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work.”
Trump’s order includes agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration, the Bureau of Land Management, the Federal Communications Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The NTEU is arguing in its lawsuit that the agencies and offices covered do not primarily do work related to national security….
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