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GOP Senators Marsha BlackBurn of Tennessee and Mike Lee of Utah are introducing legislation to end federal labor union deals to improve government efficiency and increase productivity, National Review has learned.
Blackburn and Lee's bill, the Federal Workforce Freedom Act, comes after the Trump administration moved to end collective bargaining at the Transportation Security Administration to return to merit-based employment and streamline the TSA bureaucracy.
"Nearly 200 TSA officers employed at the taxpayers' expense spend their workdays focused on matters important to labor unions instead of keeping Americans safe, and I applaud the Trump administration's action to help make our government more efficient," Blackburn said in a statement.
"This legislation would end federal labor unions and immediately terminate their collective bargaining agreements to ensure the federal government is working on behalf of the American people – not labor unions – by increasing the productivity of its workforce."
The Federal Workforce Freedom Act would repeal the existing statutes that govern federal labor relations and ban federal employees from engaging in labor unions for the purposes of collective bargaining. The legislation would also ban agencies from participating in collective bargaining negotiations and terminate all existing collective bargaining agreements between government agencies and unions.
A quarter of the federal workforce is composed of union members, a much higher unionization rate than the overall American workforce, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The overall unionization rate for American workers was 9.9 percent in 2024, with the private sector unionization rate standing at 5.9 percent.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/senators-blackburn-lee-introduce-bill-to-end-federal-worker-labor-unions/
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GOP Senators Marsha BlackBurn of Tennessee and Mike Lee of Utah are introducing legislation to end federal labor union deals to improve government efficiency and increase productivity, National Review has learned.
Blackburn and Lee's bill, the Federal Workforce Freedom Act, comes after the Trump administration moved to end collective bargaining at the Transportation Security Administration to return to merit-based employment and streamline the TSA bureaucracy.
"Nearly 200 TSA officers employed at the taxpayers' expense spend their workdays focused on matters important to labor unions instead of keeping Americans safe, and I applaud the Trump administration's action to help make our government more efficient," Blackburn said in a statement.
"This legislation would end federal labor unions and immediately terminate their collective bargaining agreements to ensure the federal government is working on behalf of the American people – not labor unions – by increasing the productivity of its workforce."
The Federal Workforce Freedom Act would repeal the existing statutes that govern federal labor relations and ban federal employees from engaging in labor unions for the purposes of collective bargaining. The legislation would also ban agencies from participating in collective bargaining negotiations and terminate all existing collective bargaining agreements between government agencies and unions.
A quarter of the federal workforce is composed of union members, a much higher unionization rate than the overall American workforce, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The overall unionization rate for American workers was 9.9 percent in 2024, with the private sector unionization rate standing at 5.9 percent.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/senators-blackburn-lee-introduce-bill-to-end-federal-worker-labor-unions/
Good!! He took out the labor Union at the Vets Admin in his first term, If I remember correctly, somewhere between 20 to 25 percent of the workforce at the VA spent their work day attending to alleged Union business.
Quote from: harry12 on March 14, 2025, 06:23:53 AMGood!! He took out the labor Union at the Vets Admin in his first term, If I remember correctly, somewhere between 20 to 25 percent of the workforce at the VA spent their work day attending to alleged Union business.
Yes, it's great news, especially in the wake USAID, which I'm sure has a connection here as well.
Just thinking about it, I bet there was even an SNL connection, because that show should have been off the air decades ago.
There's so much in that cookie box that's yet to emerge.
There never should have been federal labor unions to begin with. Its anti free market because the federal government isnt really a free market employer. It doesnt follow the same rules of supply and demand with either its products or its labor.
Quote from: Solar on March 14, 2025, 12:40:18 PMYes, it's great news, especially in the wake USAID, which I'm sure has a connection here as well.
Just thinking about it, I bet there was even an SNL connection, because that show should have been off the air decades ago.
There's so much in that cookie box that's yet to emerge.
You're right. Ill bet alot of the leftist media and hollywood has been funded through their USAID grift, which I had never heard about just months ago.
Quote from: T Hunt on March 14, 2025, 12:50:52 PMYou're right. Ill bet alot of the leftist media and hollywood has been funded through their USAID grift, which I had never heard about just months ago.
It's the only thing that explains how that failed shit could come back decade after failed decade.
No one was watching it, that crowd died off in the 70s as they had to get jobs and be productive, Hell, I didn't watch it after it's first year, I had to work to pay rent, that, and I always thought John Belushi was waaaaayyyyy over rated, his brother got all the talent. :biggrin:
Quote from: T Hunt on March 14, 2025, 12:43:59 PMThere never should have been federal labor unions to begin with. Its anti free market because the federal government isnt really a free market employer. It doesnt follow the same rules of supply and demand with either its products or its labor.
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I agree 100%! :thumbup: