Trump Following Project 2025 Playbook to Destroy Workers' Rights, End Natl Labor Relations Board/NLRB

[C_Clayton_Jones]

‘Only a month into his 2nd term as president, Donald Trump is well underway toward destroying crucial rights of American workers.

Currently, the best known of these threatened rights is probably job security, for the sudden onset of Trump’s mass, indiscriminate firing of more than 200,000 federal govt. workers has sparked a furor. Employed by the Depts. of Education and Veterans Affairs, the Federal Aviation Admin., the Forest Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other vital U.S. agencies, these workers appear to have been simply tossed out of their jobs without honoring the legal requirement of due process, including performance-based evaluations.

Trump claimed that the mass firings were necessary to save money and make the government more efficient.

But the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelley, retorted that the firings were really “about power,” with Trump “gutting the federal government, silencing workers, and forcing agencies into submission to a radical agenda that prioritizes cronyism over competence.” Thus, if Project 2025 does serve as a guide to Trump admin. policies toward workers’ rights, we should expect Trump’s future implementation of Project 2025’s recommendations for remarkably severe federal government measures against workers and their unions.

In addition, on Jan. 31, Trump announced plans to nullify contracts recently negotiated and signed with the labor unions representing federal workers.
[…]
Indeed, by Jan. 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had 24 open investigations into labor law violations by these 3 firms, including alleged surveillance of employees at Twitter and interference with union organizing at Tesla. A day after the NLRB accused Musk’s SpaceX company of retaliating against workers who had dared to criticize his employment practices, SpaceX filed a lawsuit to have the NLRB, established by Congress in 1935, declared unconstitutional and terminated. Not surprisingly, Trump moved quickly to paralyze the activities of the NLRB, a federal agency created to guarantee American workers’ right to union representation.’

Trump Is Following the Project 2025 Playbook to Destroy Workers’ Rights | Common Dreams

The massive curbs on workers’ rights that have occurred during the first month of the Trump administration signal it’s likely that plenty more will follow during his tenure in office.

www.commondreams.org

Destroying workers’ rights has long been a goal of Republicans, and Trump has made it a priority of his authoritarian agenda.

 

[westwall]

‘Only a month into his 2nd term as president, Donald Trump is well underway toward destroying crucial rights of American workers.

Currently, the best known of these threatened rights is probably job security, for the sudden onset of Trump’s mass, indiscriminate firing of more than 200,000 federal govt. workers has sparked a furor. Employed by the Depts. of Education and Veterans Affairs, the Federal Aviation Admin., the Forest Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other vital U.S. agencies, these workers appear to have been simply tossed out of their jobs without honoring the legal requirement of due process, including performance-based evaluations.

Trump claimed that the mass firings were necessary to save money and make the government more efficient.

But the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelley, retorted that the firings were really “about power,” with Trump “gutting the federal government, silencing workers, and forcing agencies into submission to a radical agenda that prioritizes cronyism over competence.” Thus, if Project 2025 does serve as a guide to Trump admin. policies toward workers’ rights, we should expect Trump’s future implementation of Project 2025’s recommendations for remarkably severe federal government measures against workers and their unions.

In addition, on Jan. 31, Trump announced plans to nullify contracts recently negotiated and signed with the labor unions representing federal workers.
[…]
Indeed, by Jan. 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had 24 open investigations into labor law violations by these 3 firms, including alleged surveillance of employees at Twitter and interference with union organizing at Tesla. A day after the NLRB accused Musk’s SpaceX company of retaliating against workers who had dared to criticize his employment practices, SpaceX filed a lawsuit to have the NLRB, established by Congress in 1935, declared unconstitutional and terminated. Not surprisingly, Trump moved quickly to paralyze the activities of the NLRB, a federal agency created to guarantee American workers’ right to union representation.’

Trump Is Following the Project 2025 Playbook to Destroy Workers’ Rights | Common Dreams

The massive curbs on workers’ rights that have occurred during the first month of the Trump administration signal it’s likely that plenty more will follow during his tenure in office.

www.commondreams.org

Destroying workers’ rights has long been a goal of Republicans, and Trump has made it a priority of his authoritarian agenda.

Good

 

[JGalt]

‘Only a month into his 2nd term as president, Donald Trump is well underway toward destroying crucial rights of American workers.

Currently, the best known of these threatened rights is probably job security, for the sudden onset of Trump’s mass, indiscriminate firing of more than 200,000 federal govt. workers has sparked a furor. Employed by the Depts. of Education and Veterans Affairs, the Federal Aviation Admin., the Forest Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other vital U.S. agencies, these workers appear to have been simply tossed out of their jobs without honoring the legal requirement of due process, including performance-based evaluations.

Trump claimed that the mass firings were necessary to save money and make the government more efficient.

But the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelley, retorted that the firings were really “about power,” with Trump “gutting the federal government, silencing workers, and forcing agencies into submission to a radical agenda that prioritizes cronyism over competence.” Thus, if Project 2025 does serve as a guide to Trump admin. policies toward workers’ rights, we should expect Trump’s future implementation of Project 2025’s recommendations for remarkably severe federal government measures against workers and their unions.

In addition, on Jan. 31, Trump announced plans to nullify contracts recently negotiated and signed with the labor unions representing federal workers.
[…]
Indeed, by Jan. 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had 24 open investigations into labor law violations by these 3 firms, including alleged surveillance of employees at Twitter and interference with union organizing at Tesla. A day after the NLRB accused Musk’s SpaceX company of retaliating against workers who had dared to criticize his employment practices, SpaceX filed a lawsuit to have the NLRB, established by Congress in 1935, declared unconstitutional and terminated. Not surprisingly, Trump moved quickly to paralyze the activities of the NLRB, a federal agency created to guarantee American workers’ right to union representation.’

Trump Is Following the Project 2025 Playbook to Destroy Workers’ Rights | Common Dreams

The massive curbs on workers’ rights that have occurred during the first month of the Trump administration signal it’s likely that plenty more will follow during his tenure in office.

www.commondreams.org

Destroying workers’ rights has long been a goal of Republicans, and Trump has made it a priority of his authoritarian agenda.

I see nothing in the US Constitution that says someone has a "right" to job security or labor union bargaining. You're full of bunk.

 

[luiza]

Job Security evolves from/out of job performance , Celia .
Living up to defined and agreed pre-expectations and responsibilities.

Anybody who demands different markers is greedy and selfish .
And with good fortune will not last long , assuming their illness/unsuitability had not been spotted before hiring .

 

[fncceo]

Trump claimed that the mass firings were necessary to save money and make the government more efficient.

He’s absolutely right.

Every business venture since the beginning time has known exactly the same thing.

You can’t be efficient AND have an overblown labor force.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Well, I, for one, just wish they'd get around to cannning this changing of the clocks gambit.

I think they were pulling our string about that.

 

[Harry Dresden]

He’s absolutely right.

Every business venture since the beginning time has known exactly the same thing.

You can’t be efficient AND have an overblown labor force.

in the PO its an overblown manager force and a underblown worker force,,,,.........

 

[initforme]

Labor built this nation. Time to increase overtime pay also.

 

[initforme]

Can someone explain how curbing workers rights helps anything?

 

[LeftofLeft]

‘Only a month into his 2nd term as president, Donald Trump is well underway toward destroying crucial rights of American workers.

Currently, the best known of these threatened rights is probably job security, for the sudden onset of Trump’s mass, indiscriminate firing of more than 200,000 federal govt. workers has sparked a furor. Employed by the Depts. of Education and Veterans Affairs, the Federal Aviation Admin., the Forest Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other vital U.S. agencies, these workers appear to have been simply tossed out of their jobs without honoring the legal requirement of due process, including performance-based evaluations.

Trump claimed that the mass firings were necessary to save money and make the government more efficient.

But the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelley, retorted that the firings were really “about power,” with Trump “gutting the federal government, silencing workers, and forcing agencies into submission to a radical agenda that prioritizes cronyism over competence.” Thus, if Project 2025 does serve as a guide to Trump admin. policies toward workers’ rights, we should expect Trump’s future implementation of Project 2025’s recommendations for remarkably severe federal government measures against workers and their unions.

In addition, on Jan. 31, Trump announced plans to nullify contracts recently negotiated and signed with the labor unions representing federal workers.
[…]
Indeed, by Jan. 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had 24 open investigations into labor law violations by these 3 firms, including alleged surveillance of employees at Twitter and interference with union organizing at Tesla. A day after the NLRB accused Musk’s SpaceX company of retaliating against workers who had dared to criticize his employment practices, SpaceX filed a lawsuit to have the NLRB, established by Congress in 1935, declared unconstitutional and terminated. Not surprisingly, Trump moved quickly to paralyze the activities of the NLRB, a federal agency created to guarantee American workers’ right to union representation.’

Trump Is Following the Project 2025 Playbook to Destroy Workers’ Rights | Common Dreams

The massive curbs on workers’ rights that have occurred during the first month of the Trump administration signal it’s likely that plenty more will follow during his tenure in office.

www.commondreams.org

Destroying workers’ rights has long been a goal of Republicans, and Trump has made it a priority of his authoritarian agenda.

What are workers’ rights? “Cushy” jobs with no possibility for getting fired or a job with little or no accountability? The American taxpayer working in the private sector is accountable daily to perform and deliver a return to the employer….. and sometimes that is not enough if the company over expanded. Why is this so hard to understand that people expect the same from the Federal Workforce.

 

[Harry Dresden]

What are workers’ rights? “Cushy” jobs with no possibility for getting fired or a job with little or no accountability? The American taxpayer working in the private sector is accountable daily to perform and deliver a return to the employer….. and sometimes that is not enough if the company over expanded. Why is this so hard to understand that people expect the same from the Federal Workforce.

no possibility of getting fired?....a job with little or no accountability?.....not in the PO....i seen a bunch getting fired in my time there....mostly for attendance and theft....

 

[LeftofLeft]

no possibility of getting fired?....a job with little or no accountability?.....not in the PO....i seen a bunch getting fired in my time there....mostly for attendance and theft....

Again, compare to the private sector..I’ve lived in the Washington DC Area my whole life and the stereotype fits when compared to the private sector. The American Taxpayer demands more accountability.

 

[Moonglow]

I see nothing in the US Constitution that says someone has a "right" to job security or labor union bargaining. You're full of bunk.

Economic, social and cultural rights - Wikipedia

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Second Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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National Labor Relations Act (1935)​

National Archives (.gov)
https://www.archives.gov › milestone-documents › nati...




Also known as the Wagner Act, this bill was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on July 5, 1935. It established the National Labor Relations Board ...

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938: Maximum Struggle for a ...​

U.S. Department of Labor (.gov)
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It banned oppressive child labor and set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and the maximum workweek at 44 hours.

 

[theHawk]

‘Only a month into his 2nd term as president, Donald Trump is well underway toward destroying crucial rights of American workers.

Currently, the best known of these threatened rights is probably job security, for the sudden onset of Trump’s mass, indiscriminate firing of more than 200,000 federal govt. workers has sparked a furor. Employed by the Depts. of Education and Veterans Affairs, the Federal Aviation Admin., the Forest Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other vital U.S. agencies, these workers appear to have been simply tossed out of their jobs without honoring the legal requirement of due process, including performance-based evaluations.

Trump claimed that the mass firings were necessary to save money and make the government more efficient.

But the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelley, retorted that the firings were really “about power,” with Trump “gutting the federal government, silencing workers, and forcing agencies into submission to a radical agenda that prioritizes cronyism over competence.” Thus, if Project 2025 does serve as a guide to Trump admin. policies toward workers’ rights, we should expect Trump’s future implementation of Project 2025’s recommendations for remarkably severe federal government measures against workers and their unions.

In addition, on Jan. 31, Trump announced plans to nullify contracts recently negotiated and signed with the labor unions representing federal workers.
[…]
Indeed, by Jan. 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had 24 open investigations into labor law violations by these 3 firms, including alleged surveillance of employees at Twitter and interference with union organizing at Tesla. A day after the NLRB accused Musk’s SpaceX company of retaliating against workers who had dared to criticize his employment practices, SpaceX filed a lawsuit to have the NLRB, established by Congress in 1935, declared unconstitutional and terminated. Not surprisingly, Trump moved quickly to paralyze the activities of the NLRB, a federal agency created to guarantee American workers’ right to union representation.’

Trump Is Following the Project 2025 Playbook to Destroy Workers’ Rights | Common Dreams

The massive curbs on workers’ rights that have occurred during the first month of the Trump administration signal it’s likely that plenty more will follow during his tenure in office.

www.commondreams.org

Destroying workers’ rights has long been a goal of Republicans, and Trump has made it a priority of his authoritarian agenda.

They aren’t “workers”, they are federal civil servants.

“Workers” is a communist term. The Federal government doesn’t need to become a welfare state for radical leftwing party loyalists like it did in the USSR. It needs to employ patriots dedicated to upholding the Constitution of the United States.

 

[theHawk]

Destroying workers’ rights has long been a goal of Republicans, and Trump has made it a priority of his authoritarian agenda

Can you link your thread criticizing Biden for firing people for refusing his illegal mRNA jab on “workers”? I’m sure you created one, since you care so much about “workers rights”.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Again, compare to the private sector..I’ve lived in the Washington DC Area my whole life and the stereotype fits when compared to the private sector. The American Taxpayer demands more accountability.

again you said NO possibility of getting fired....and it aint a cushy job....

 

[mudwhistle]

‘Only a month into his 2nd term as president, Donald Trump is well underway toward destroying crucial rights of American workers.

Currently, the best known of these threatened rights is probably job security, for the sudden onset of Trump’s mass, indiscriminate firing of more than 200,000 federal govt. workers has sparked a furor. Employed by the Depts. of Education and Veterans Affairs, the Federal Aviation Admin., the Forest Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other vital U.S. agencies, these workers appear to have been simply tossed out of their jobs without honoring the legal requirement of due process, including performance-based evaluations.

Trump claimed that the mass firings were necessary to save money and make the government more efficient.

But the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelley, retorted that the firings were really “about power,” with Trump “gutting the federal government, silencing workers, and forcing agencies into submission to a radical agenda that prioritizes cronyism over competence.” Thus, if Project 2025 does serve as a guide to Trump admin. policies toward workers’ rights, we should expect Trump’s future implementation of Project 2025’s recommendations for remarkably severe federal government measures against workers and their unions.

In addition, on Jan. 31, Trump announced plans to nullify contracts recently negotiated and signed with the labor unions representing federal workers.
[…]
Indeed, by Jan. 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had 24 open investigations into labor law violations by these 3 firms, including alleged surveillance of employees at Twitter and interference with union organizing at Tesla. A day after the NLRB accused Musk’s SpaceX company of retaliating against workers who had dared to criticize his employment practices, SpaceX filed a lawsuit to have the NLRB, established by Congress in 1935, declared unconstitutional and terminated. Not surprisingly, Trump moved quickly to paralyze the activities of the NLRB, a federal agency created to guarantee American workers’ right to union representation.’

Trump Is Following the Project 2025 Playbook to Destroy Workers’ Rights | Common Dreams

The massive curbs on workers’ rights that have occurred during the first month of the Trump administration signal it’s likely that plenty more will follow during his tenure in office.

www.commondreams.org

Destroying workers’ rights has long been a goal of Republicans, and Trump has made it a priority of his authoritarian agenda.

Every day we discover the damage that the Biden Adm did to this nation and to the world.

Every time I see one of these leftist rants I just stop reading after the first sentence, because they all are based on total BS.

None of it is real.

Problem is there are still enough sick people in this country that swallow these lies whole and ask for seconds, mainly because they're all ate up with nothing but hatred for a demagogue that you lying lefties made up.

But this is how fascists and authoritarians operate. They subjugate their own people, make their lives miserable, and then blame it all on a fake boogyman. This is why they punish the good and reward evil. Punish law abiding citizens while coddling criminals.

 

[Harry Dresden]

They aren’t “workers”, they are federal civil servants.

“Workers” is a communist term. The Federal government doesn’t need to become a welfare state for radical leftwing party loyalists like it did in the USSR. It needs to employ patriots dedicated to upholding the Constitution of the United States.

yea i was a "civil" servant who punched in and went to work....and when i was hired no one asked me what party i belonged to....

 

[initforme]

This nation doesn't do enough for workers, private or public. It's sad.

 

[DGS49]

In concept, why should government workers have more protection from termination than private sector workers? And why do Democrats conveniently forget previous Presidents who tried to do the same things that Trump is doing - Clinton, for example.

Democrats have been trying for decades to protect government workers from the normal, periodic housecleaning that every large institution requires in order to stay (or become) efficacious. They do this because the Federal workforce is overwhelmingly Democrat; they not only vote for Democrats, but they make a lot of donations to Democrats and the Party.

But Trump will prevail in the vast majority of these cases because they will be deemed a "reduction in force," which requires no "cause" to justify a termination. If you terminate the position, the person is not protected from the RIF.

One thing that becomes more and more clear as the protests, demonstrations, and complaining go on: most Democrats have never even had a real job. This sort of thing happens all the time in the private sector. People deal with it and move on. Democrats don't understand or accept this fact of life that all working Americans live with every day of their working lives.