Summary
Trump is nullifying federal employee union contracts negotiated in Biden’s final days.
Affected contracts include one with the Education Department ratified just before his inauguration. Trump cited a 2010 Supreme Court decision to justify his stance but did not provide a clear legal basis.
Federal employee unions, representing 800,000 workers, vowed legal action, calling Trump’s move unlawful intimidation.
This continues Trump’s prior efforts to weaken job protections, with additional plans to reclassify and lay off civil servants.
Just a friendly reminder that multiple Roman emperors were killed by bureaucrats.
Not at all, unless you consider the Praetorian Guard “bureaucrats”, which would be a hell of a stretch.
Aurelian and several Eastern Roman emperors beg to differ.
I’ll grant you Aurelian, but equating the Byzantine court to HR department staff is… something. I think the analogue there would be if congress or the Chiefs of Staff were to depose the President.
There were a couple Eastern Roman emperors who got shanked by bureaucrats. Mind uou they didnt reign for long and barely made it into the history books.