From The Labor Force: Sign the Grassroots Amicus Brief! Help federal workers stand up to Trump!
In the dead of night, Donald Trump’s administration issued a disgraceful and retaliatory Executive Order declaring war on working people by denying their collective bargaining rights. This order was a direct attack on the rights of one million patriotic American civil servants―targeted simply because they are members of a union that stands up to this administration’s harmful policies. Trump’s order claims to be in response to national security concerns, but that’s plainly ridiculous. Elon Musk and Donald Trump don’t like that AFGE is standing up for their members against attempts to politicize the civil service, chaotically fire federal employees, and cut services to the American people. These federal workers have had union rights since before America went to the moon. A union nurse at the VA isn’t a threat to national security. An Amicus Brief is a legal term for a filing from a “Friend of the Court”―a party with an interest in the outcome of the case, but who is not a formal party. This attack on workers affects all of us―so we’ve created a Grassroots Amicus Brief so that members of the public can show whose side we’re on! This attack on federal workers is an attack on everything the government does. It is an attack on Social Security, on our national parks, and on our veterans. This is a fight that will be won in the courts. But that doesn’t mean that we should sit around and wait for judges to recognize the legal rights of these workers. The American Federation of Government Employees has already filed a lawsuit and will fight relentlessly to protect the rights of union members, and all working Americans, from these unprecedented attacks. But this fight is bigger than any one union―or even the labor movement. Donald Trump wants to be the kind of billionaire boss with total control over his employees. Their ideas aren’t valued, and their service is taken for granted. If Trump gets his way, he won’t stop. He and his billionaire buddies like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk won’t stop until we’re all under his thumb. Sign the Grassroots Amicus Brief supporting Federal Workers Standing up to Trump’s Executive Order! In solidarity, The Labor Force |
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