President Trump executive orders are threat to democracy, union says

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) ^ | May 25, 2018 | AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr

[Cobra64]

“threat to democracy”. That’s fine... good. We are not a democracy. Most Americans do not know this since American history is no longer taught in pubic skools .

[rolling_stone]

in fairness to federal unions, they are voluntary and employees do not have to join them, however unions must represent all members of the bargaining unit whether they are members or not. lots of freeloaders. The amount of official time allotted to union officers and stewards in most cases has been negotiated in bargaining unit contracts and it will be interesting to see how that will be resolved. Fed unions do not negotiate wages those are set by Congress.

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The Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS aka “the Statute”) is a federal law which establishes collective bargaining rights for most employees of the federal government in the United States. It was established under Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978.

The FLRA was adopted after President Jimmy Carter sought legislation to bring comprehensive reform to civil service system and regularize federal labor relations.[1] The Statute consolidated the functions of the Federal Labor Relations Council and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations into a newly established Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), charged with overseeing elections and protecting federal government employees’ organizing and bargaining rights.. One commentator suggested that the legislative negotiations that resulted in the FSLMRS “so muddied the content and intent of the new agency that no one knew what it was supposed to do or how it was supposed to do it.[2]” Over time, there were modifications in the coverage and responsibilities specified in the Statute.

In passing the Statute, Congress declared that it wished to encourage collective bargaining between federal employees and their employers. Congress declared that collective bargaining is “in the public interest” because, among other things, it “contributes to the effective conduct of public business” and “facilitates and encourages the amicable settlements of disputes between employees and their employers involving conditions of employment.[3]”

.....One important difference between the two laws is the scope of the authorized collective bargaining process. While private-sector employees are entitled to collectively bargain through a representative of their choosing with respect to wages, hours, benefits, and other working conditions, federal employees can collectively bargain with respect to personnel practices only. Thus, federal employees may not negotiate the following working conditions through their exclusive bargaining representative: Wages, Hours, Employee benefits,and Classifications of Jobs.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Labor_Relations_Act

[Flaming Conservative]

Did they charge Ocurrupto with destroying democracy, for all of HIS executive orders?

[Little Ray]

Good.
If there one thing we need to put an end to in this country, it is democracy.

CITIZENSHIP Democracy:

A government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of “direct” expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude toward property is communistic—negating property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether is be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences. Results in demogogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy

[Axamari]

Funny.. I seem to have missed their outrage and criticism of executive orders when Obama bragged about having a pen and how he was willing to use it...

[ronnie raygun]

good because we area republic

[Greg223]

To pull all federal employees. That is the best comment on federal service that I have seen it.

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"President Trump is attempting to silence the voice of veterans, law enforcement officers, and other frontline federal workers." “This is more than union busting – it’s democracy busting,”

Ha.!! What a joke. Unions today don't give a rat's rear end about what the rank and file has to say about anything... They'll sell their members down the river to the first dollar that comes their way, with no regard what-so-ever of the future of their own members...