Posted by Caitlin Price, Jurist Legal News and Research at 8:02 AM on December 4, 2008.
The order denies collective bargaining rights to about 8,600 federal employees who work in agencies responsible for national security.
U.S. President George W. Bush issued an executive order on Monday that defined the primary objective of some 8,600 federal agency employees to be national security-related, rendering them ineligible for Federal Labor-Management Relations Program coverage such as collective bargaining rights. The order says:
The subdivisions of the Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, Justice, Transportation, and the Treasury set forth in … this order are hereby determined to have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work. It is further determined that chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, cannot be applied to these subdivisions in a manner consistent with national security requirements and considerations.
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Didn't Harper just try to take away bargaining rights of federal civil servants. Lockstep with Bush to the end. Tom
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