I worked in DC for a boss whose hands were tied in reducing positions.
However when a few employees that would not produce falsified their records to say they did things, when in fact they were goofing off, he terminated them.
Funny thing is, they were never missed. There seems to be a bunch of employees in DC that see their daily jobs as commuting to and from work, reading the news, doing personal thinks like email on the internet, going on breaks, visiting co-workers, having lunch and avoiding any actual performance. They won't be missed.
How can it be that the head of any union knows anything about “work” or “workers”? That seems highly unlikely.