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.

  • Kitathalla@lemy.lol
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    5 hours ago

    There are enough already in those positions. Even heavily biased industries rarely get close to being dominated by one political party. The ‘liberal white towers’ of academia are only something like 1:6 Dem/left:Rep/right, and that’s usually one of the extremes that republicans bitch about. They’d bitch about other industries if they were anywhere close. I would bet there are enough lackeys and people who feel neutral that the oh-so-important people don’t feel much negative blowback.