The Trump administration's attack on federal employees' rights is a blatant attempt to silence those who speak out against injustice. #StandWithUnions

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34329656

Julia Conley
Aug 07, 2025

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins notified the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and several other unions that he was implementing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, which required the termination of collective bargaining agreements for agencies whose missions are related to national security.

  • greenfire@lemmings.worldEnglish
    10·
    5 days ago

    Days after the Trump administration said in federal court that it would not move ahead with its plan to end collective bargaining agreements for more than 400,000 government employees until litigation on the issue concluded, the largest federal employees union on Wednesday pledged to fight back against the secretary of veterans affairs’ decision to move forward with slashing labor protections.

    Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins notified the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and several other unions that he was implementing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, which required the termination of collective bargaining agreements for agencies whose missions are related to national security.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      4·
      4 days ago

      Ah, there it is. I wondered when we would get a clear-cut: “Hey Judge, I’m not going to do extralegal thing” followed by “Mr. SCOTUS Official Above-The-Law Act made an order, so I have no choice but to do extralegal thing”. Didn’t take long.