On December 10 the House of Representatives voted 222 to 200 to advance the so called Protect America’s Workforce Act, a bill drafted to repeal President Trump’s executive order that stripped roughly 1M federal workers of collective bargaining rights at key national security and service agencies.
I plan to see who voted for this and write a letter that won't be read to each one. This is exactly what has gone wrong with our school system, too. My son taught for 2 years during the pandemic while he was finishing another degree and he said that even though he technically needed to discipline and fail at least 30 to 40% of the class, the teacher has to go through 1000 steps, mountains of phone calls and paperwork, an Inquisition if the failed students have any of the same outer characteristics and on and on. That's why he had a majority of 8th graders with a 3rd grade comprehension label. We have extended "rights" so far as to trample the rights of everyone on the other side of every equation. I hope they had promised to vote with Dems one time in exchange for something or something. I hope they aren't just ignorant. I think there are some members who don't like the way they are treated or sidelined by the White House. I'd remind them that without that particular White House, they would not be in power right now and ask them if they plan to keep their job in 2026 and 2028.
The Congress will never address this issue. Much like term limits we need a Convention of the States to get needed change. That battle has been brewing for years fighting against the swamp.
Public sector unions should never have been allowed, even FDR recognized the inherent conflict.
But they were allowed and we see the result: unaccountable bargaining power that ratchets in one direction because the union leadership and members overwhelmingly support Democrats. They have effectively become an arm of the Democratic Party, supplying campaign finance and in-person contributions like door-knocking, phone-banking, rally-attending, etc.
Let's call it an experiment in public policy that didn't have the intended benefits and has shown manifold unintended detriments, and end the experiment. There should never have been public sector unions and it is past time to end them.
I am a former Federal employee. Allowing unions in the Government workforce was the worst thing Congress enacted. That the unions couldn't bargain for pay rates and couldn't strike was small comfort to managers at all levels. No longer could we assign workers to work units, teams based on skill level, oh no, seniority ruled the day. If it was perceived that one employee received an atta boy not shared by all, EEO grievances tied supervisors up in knots. And that was just for starters. That anyone in Congress would even think of giving unions more power is insane. The intelligent action would be to ban all unions, period.
I plan to see who voted for this and write a letter that won't be read to each one. This is exactly what has gone wrong with our school system, too. My son taught for 2 years during the pandemic while he was finishing another degree and he said that even though he technically needed to discipline and fail at least 30 to 40% of the class, the teacher has to go through 1000 steps, mountains of phone calls and paperwork, an Inquisition if the failed students have any of the same outer characteristics and on and on. That's why he had a majority of 8th graders with a 3rd grade comprehension label. We have extended "rights" so far as to trample the rights of everyone on the other side of every equation. I hope they had promised to vote with Dems one time in exchange for something or something. I hope they aren't just ignorant. I think there are some members who don't like the way they are treated or sidelined by the White House. I'd remind them that without that particular White House, they would not be in power right now and ask them if they plan to keep their job in 2026 and 2028.
The Congress will never address this issue. Much like term limits we need a Convention of the States to get needed change. That battle has been brewing for years fighting against the swamp.
Public sector unions should never have been allowed, even FDR recognized the inherent conflict.
But they were allowed and we see the result: unaccountable bargaining power that ratchets in one direction because the union leadership and members overwhelmingly support Democrats. They have effectively become an arm of the Democratic Party, supplying campaign finance and in-person contributions like door-knocking, phone-banking, rally-attending, etc.
Let's call it an experiment in public policy that didn't have the intended benefits and has shown manifold unintended detriments, and end the experiment. There should never have been public sector unions and it is past time to end them.
I am a former Federal employee. Allowing unions in the Government workforce was the worst thing Congress enacted. That the unions couldn't bargain for pay rates and couldn't strike was small comfort to managers at all levels. No longer could we assign workers to work units, teams based on skill level, oh no, seniority ruled the day. If it was perceived that one employee received an atta boy not shared by all, EEO grievances tied supervisors up in knots. And that was just for starters. That anyone in Congress would even think of giving unions more power is insane. The intelligent action would be to ban all unions, period.
If it should pass, expect a veto. It won’t be overridden…