AFSCME’s Saunders: Trump’s attempt to eliminate collective bargaining for federal workers is blatant retribution

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Trump administration signed a union-busting executive order to unlawfully end collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers:

“President Trump’s attempt to unlawfully eliminate the right to collectively bargain for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is blatant retribution. Federal workers – including thousands of AFSCME members – are the lifeblood of their communities. They protect our clean drinking water and food supply, care for veterans, support American farmers, administer Medicaid and Social Security and so much more. This attack is meant to silence their voices, so Elon Musk and his minions can shred the services that working people depend on the federal government to do.
 
“The billionaires running this administration have proven that they are willing to bulldoze anything that stands in their way to enact their anti-worker, extremist agenda – even if it harms our communities. In just two months, they have completed one-third of the 900-page Project 2025 agenda, a plan that robs working people of their power to benefit the ultra-wealthy. AFSCME’s 1.4 million members are prepared to fight to protect federal workers’ voice on the job.”

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