Summary

Donald Trump’s proposed mandate to end federal telework and fire non-compliant employees faces major obstacles, including widespread union contracts protecting remote work.

About 56% of federal workers are covered by collective bargaining agreements, many of which include telework provisions.

Additionally, a record 10% of federal jobs are fully remote, and many agencies lack sufficient office space to accommodate full-time in-office work due to post-pandemic real estate reductions.

Critics argue that enforcing this mandate would be costly, contradicting Trump’s goals to reduce government spending and personnel.

  • @jaybone
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    251 day ago

    And when this doesn’t work out, guess whose fault it’s going to be?

    • @humorlessrepost
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      5 hours ago

      They’ll blame government employee unions and try to abolish them.

      • @CharlesDarwin
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        146 minutes ago

        Around the time of the right having all their ire directed at ACORN, I seem to recall a similar concerted effort directed at SEIU.

        A whole lot of dipshits were being whipped up to oppose the very idea of being unionized and working in the public sector. I’m not sure why that fizzled out; I was pretty sure they were going to somehow give it the ACORN treatment.

    • Skeezix
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      419 hours ago

      Buttery males