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Mr. Trump’s order calls for the entire Treasury Department to be stripped of collective bargaining rights, with the exception of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Legal , Political

Simplified: Trump's order calls for the entire Treasury Department to be stripped of collective bargaining rights except the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

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To strip collective bargaining rights from nearly half of the federal work force, Mr. Trump leaned on a provision in a 1978 law that gives the president the authority to exclude certain agencies or di... 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Legal , Political

Simplified: Trump used a 1978 law to strip collective bargaining rights from nearly half the federal workforce citing national security.

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During his first term, Mr. Trump had a more moderate position on labor unions, Mr. Loomis said, and his labor secretaries operated within the standards of collective bargaining. 0.900

👤 Erik Loomis 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Political

Simplified: Erik Loomis said Trump had a more moderate position on labor unions during his first term and his labor secretaries operated within collective bargain...

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And a recent decision in the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, if upheld, would further hurt private sector unions by allowing the president to fire board members of the National Labor Relations... 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Legal

Simplified: Fifth Circuit decision if upheld would hurt private sector unions by allowing the president to fire NLRB board members.

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But what Mr. Reagan did in 1981 looks moderate compared to what Mr. Trump is doing, Mr. McCartin added. 0.900

👤 Joseph A. McCartin 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Historical , Political

Simplified: Joseph McCartin said Reagan's actions in 1981 look moderate compared to Trump's actions.

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If the administration prevails, it could mark the beginning of a broader erosion of collective bargaining rights, some analysts said. 0.700

👤 some analysts 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Legal

Simplified: Some analysts said if the administration prevails it could mark the beginning of a broader erosion of collective bargaining rights.

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“What this does is signal to private sector employers that they can go to war with the unions” and not face legal consequences, said Erik Loomis, a labor historian at the University of Rhode Island. 0.800

👤 Erik Loomis 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Legal

Simplified: Erik Loomis said this signals to private sector employers that they can go to war with unions and not face legal consequences.

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Union representatives can continue to help members with work-related disputes, Ms. Westmoreland said, but they have to take vacation time to do it. 1.000

👤 Irma Westmoreland 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor

Simplified: Irma Westmoreland said union representatives can help members with disputes but must use vacation time.

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That has already happened in the few weeks that nurses have been working without contracts, said Irma Westmoreland, a nurse at a veterans medical center in Atlanta and the chair of National Nurses Uni... 1.000

👤 Irma Westmoreland 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Health

Simplified: Irma Westmoreland said problems have already happened in the few weeks nurses have been working without contracts.

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This year, patient care problems related to staffing shortages have been on the rise because of the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal work force, Ms. Westmoreland said. 1.000

👤 Irma Westmoreland 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Health

Simplified: Irma Westmoreland said patient care problems related to staffing shortages have been on the rise because of Trump administration efforts.

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At the V.A., employees regularly speak up about caregiving issues and appointment backlogs, said Naveed A. Shah, the political director at Common Defense, a veterans advocacy group. 1.000

👤 Naveed A. Shah 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Health

Simplified: Naveed A Shah said VA employees regularly speak up about caregiving issues and appointment backlogs.

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Union officials have said the loss of bargaining rights for federal employees inevitably hurts the members of the public the agencies serve. 0.800

👤 Union officials 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Public Service

Simplified: Union officials said loss of bargaining rights hurts the public.

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Inspectors at the Agriculture Department’s food safety and inspection division no longer have a formal process to raise safety concerns about products without facing retaliation, said Paula Soldner, t... 1.000

👤 Paula Soldner 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Safety

Simplified: Paula Soldner said Agriculture Department inspectors no longer have a formal process to raise safety concerns without facing retaliation.

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About 1,500 food service workers across the country will no longer get meal allowances, like free lunches. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor

Simplified: About 1500 food service workers will no longer get meal allowances.

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And employees working long shifts are no longer guaranteed a rest period that was negotiated for safety reasons. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Safety

Simplified: Employees working long shifts are no longer guaranteed a rest period.

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At the V.A., where 395,000 employees lost their union rights, people who planned to take 16 weeks of parental leave, as negotiated in their union contracts, will only have a guarantee of 12 weeks, the... 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor

Simplified: At the VA 395000 employees lost union rights parental leave guarantee reduced from 16 weeks to 12 weeks.

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So far, nine agencies have terminated union contracts that covered more than 445,000 federal workers from the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Ge... 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor

Simplified: Nine agencies terminated union contracts covering over 445000 federal workers including EPA Coast Guard FEMA GSA HHS Agriculture VA ICE CIS.

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“This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history,” said Mike Podhorzer, a former political director of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. 0.900

👤 Mike Podhorzer 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Historical

Simplified: Mike Podhorzer said this is the largest act of union busting in American history.

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Mr. Trump said that the affected workers had roles that touched on national security, and that provisions in their labor contracts could interfere with his policies being carried out. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Politics

Simplified: Trump said affected workers' roles touched on national security and labor contracts could interfere with his policies.

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Last Thursday, Mr. Trump signed a second executive order stripping union rights from thousands of other employees at six additional agencies. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Legal

Simplified: Last Thursday Trump signed another executive order stripping union rights from thousands at six agencies.

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