Bush Pushes GOP Anti-American Worker Anti-Labor Agenda During Final Days
The Shrub proves again and again that he and the GOP only support government of and by the few for the few have's and have mores.
His despicable GOP anti-worker policies should give those regular Americans who might have ever voted for him and other radical right wing Republicans pause to regret their choices.
James Parks at the AFL-CIO blog writes:
"In a final-days attack on workers’ rights, President Bush yesterday issued an executive order that denies collective bargaining rights to about 8,600 federal employees who work in national security, law enforcement and intelligence.
"Nearly 1,000 of the workers currently are represented by a union, and some have been for more than 30 years. The biggest group affected by the order is the 5,000 employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which is now part of the Justice Department.
"Peter Winch, national organizer for AFGE, the largest federal employee union, says the union is determined to fight the executive order.
Bush’s actions are within his legal discretion, but he has abused that discretion. There is no reason for this action. Nothing has happened from yesterday to today to change the national security situation to require such a change.
We’re asking President-elect Obama when he takes office to review all exclusions [from collective bargaining] since 1978. Several exclusions by this president were not done for national security reasons, but to stop unions.
"In the executive order, Bush said it would be inconsistent with “national security requirements” to allow the employees to engage in collective bargaining over the conditions of their employment."
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