Posted on 08/02/2025 11:01:07 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Franklin D. Roosevelt loved unions and union support but even he opposed unions for federal workers.
“He believed government employees had a unique obligation to the public, which made the traditional collective bargaining model problematic.
He opposed strikes by federal employees, viewing them as unacceptable attempts to obstruct government operations.
He expressed these sentiments in a 1937 letter to the National Federation of Federal Employees, stating that “militant tactics have no place” and collective bargaining couldn’t be simply transplanted to the public service.”
Government labor unions are even worse than private sector unions, and that is saying something. In the private sector, the objective of unions is to bring down companies, in the government sector, it is to bring down leaders they don’t like, as Trump found out.
THIS IS A GIANT STEP FORWARD.....
Yikes!
Unbelievable...
At last...
I’m all for unions… except government unions. I’m not for those.
The federal workforce (civil service) played a major role in maintaining government stability during the Depression and, later, throughout WWII...
On the other hand, the unions attempted to destabilize the Nation during both the Depression and WWII.
As far as I am concerned if you receive TAX DOLLARS to do a job then you are NOT allowed to unionize. That includes working for a company that accepts Tax dollars (Fed Funds).
If you don’t like your job, how you are treated, or how much you make, LEAVE.
“But the plaintiffs — a group of affected unions representing over a million federal workers...”
Actually, those plaintiffs just want to preserve their ability to fill their coffers with union dues.
Yes. The ones I recall immediately are coal miners, railroad and longshoremen. Even in Australia during the war, longshoremen at first refused to work American shipping.
i keep checking the inventory in my 30% fed gov neighborhood
hasnt been any change yet
guess everyone is sitting tight
States should follow the lead.
I have no issues with trade unions. Public unions are an abomination and should be banned.
Nationwide injunction from obscure district judge in 3, 2, 1 . . .
Yes the real growth in government unions is at the state, county & city level. Here Monongalia County, WV the UMW (Yes the United Mine Workers!) organized\recruited the County Assessor’s office.
WV is now a Right-to-Work state, passed by the legislature in 2016 then fought in court until 2020 where the state Supreme court upheld the law.
This is great. Unions should never get one dime of taxpayer money. Government worker unions should not be allowed to exist.
Next target; teacher’s unions.
Unionized Government workers is Tyranny by the unelected.
If Federal workers cannot collectively bargain, then they should be given the right to strike which they currently are not allowed to do.
Why?
Are taxpayers allowed to strike?
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