Trump guts union perks, speeds up civil service firings to save $100 million a year

Washington Examiner ^ | May 25, 2018

[deplorableindc]

President Trump signed three executive orders Friday containing sweeping reforms that weaken protections for federal workers and eliminate perks for the unions that represent them.

Under the new executive orders, unions will be charged rent for federal office space and will not be reimbursed for travel expenses or for hours spent appealing worker firings.

All federal workers will be ordered to spend 75 percent of their time on government work, and agencies are ordered to publicly post union contracts in an online repository.

[UnwashedPeasant]

"All federal workers will be ordered to spend 75 percent of their time on government work"

What the heck!

[blueunicorn6]

Aaahhhhhhh......

The sun is shining a little brighter today.

[Mears]

“What the heck! “

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Yeah,that kind of knocked me for a loop too.

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[trisham]

Winning!

[themidnightskulker]

Oh Noes!!!!now the unions and the bureaucracy will hate President Trump now!!!!

[knittnmom]

Wow! At this rate, the exploding heads will outdo the volcano in Hawaii!

[BBell]

All federal workers will be ordered to spend 75 percent of their time on government work

They need time to watch cat videos.

[Lurker]

“All federal workers will be ordered to spend 75 percent of their time on government work”

What the hell were they doing before?

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[RegulatorCountry]

Porn sites and online gambling hardest hit.

[Rome2000]

This should have happened in the first 30 days.

[T Ruth]

Preparatory work for rescinding E.O. 11491.

Executive Order 10988 is a United States presidential executive order issued by President John F. Kennedy on January 17, 1962 that recognized the right of federal employees to collective bargaining. This executive order was a breakthrough for public sector workers, who were not protected under the 1935 Wagner Act.

Executive Order 10988 was effectively replaced by President Richard Nixon's Executive Order 11491 in 1969.

[Magnum44]

Yes, but we need real congressional legislation to solidify this beyond a single presidency. Much swamp drainage required to get this passed into law.

[JoSixChip]

“All federal workers will be ordered to spend 75 percent of their time on government work”

I think this pertains to union stewards, they spend a lot of time addressing grievances such as "my manger is mean and said I have to be to work on time". Yes, I was once in the UAW.

[Wuli]

All federal workers will be ordered to spend 75 percent of their time on government work.

Why not 100%???? Union work should always be on their time, & union reps who also are federal employees should not be paid for time spent “assisting” employees in employer-employee relations - that is union work, not federal work.

[Magnum44]

Everything cant be priority 1 or nothing is priority 1. Glad to see some positive action each and every day.

[Cowboy Bob]

All federal workers will be ordered to spend 75 percent of their time on government work,

I'm getting screwed! I have to spend 100% of my work time on work.

[tennmountainman]

#WINNING

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

50% ?? So for an 8 hour day they get a 2 hour lunch instead of 4 hour?

[G Larry]

Does anybody think this “continued assault on public servants” goes far enough?