Saturday, May 26, 2018

Trump Makes It Easier to Fire Federal Workers for Misconduct

President Donald Trump on Friday signed a trio of executive orders to overhaul the federal bureaucracy by making it easier to fire federal workers for poor performance and misconduct, requiring that departments and agencies negotiate better union contracts and limiting the amount of time certain federal workers can spend on union business.

Negotiating smarter contracts with federal employee unions.

Renegotiating contracts to limit to 25 percent the amount of time federal employees who are authorized to work on behalf of a labor union can spend on union business during work hours.

Streamlining the length of time it takes to terminate a federal worker for poor performance or misconduct.

The American Federation of Government Employees immediately criticized the moves as an attempt by Trump to strip federal employees of their right to representation in the workplace.

The union said it represents 700,000 workers in the federal government and the District of Columbia.

"These executive orders are a direct assault on the legal rights and protections that Congress has specifically guaranteed to the 2 million public-sector employees across the country who work for the federal government."

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-federal-worker-misconduct-firing/2018/05/25/id/862548/

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