Trump Gets an F on Federal Employee Issues

In May 2018, he issued 3 executive orders aimed at taking away federal workers’ rights to fair treatment and a voice in the workplace.

In October 2020, he issued another executive order aimed at stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of due process, legal rights and protections. This means these employees could be fired with little or no cause.

In February 2020, he issued a memo authorizing the Secretary of Defense to unilaterally strip the Department of Defense’s 750,000 civilian employees of collective bargaining rights.

Over the past few years, his administration has torn up negotiated union contracts and replaced them with unilateral management edicts that make a mockery of the collective bargaining process.

For each of his first three years, he proposed pay freezes and benefit cuts for federal employees that were overridden with bipartisan Congressional support.

Despite constant boasting about the strength of the economy and a $1.7 trillion dollar tax cut, President Trump tried to cut federal workers’ benefits in his budget proposals.

He has repeatedly challenged or dismissed federal scientists and health experts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2019 his administration caused many USDA scientists and researchers to resign by forcing their relocation from Washington to Kansas City.

He has proposed slashing the number of correctional officers in our federal prisons while encouraging private corporations to profit from incarcerating more citizens – putting more officers at risk of harm.

His administration issued furlough notices to 13,400 USCIS workers. Without our union’s and Congress’ intervention, the administration would have already furloughed these employees.

Trump has threatened to veto legislation that would grant TSA officers equal status under Title 5, give officers expanded bargaining rights, and improve their pay.