Apr 4, 2025
Last week, President Trump
escalated his administration's war on the federal workforce and
workers’ rights when he signed an executive order to end collective
bargaining with federal labor unions across the government. The
National Treasury Employees Union, which represents 150,000
government employees, has sued the Trump administration over the
executive order.In response to these intensifying assaults on
federal workers, agencies, and critical programs like Social
Security, unions, social justice and community organizations,
veterans groups, and people of conscience will be participating in
protest actions in locales across the US on Saturday, April 5. In
this episode, we speak with James Jones, a maintenance mechanic
with the National Park Service, a veteran, and a member of the
Federal Unionists Network, to get a firsthand account of the Trump
administration's attacks on federal workers, agencies, and the
people who depend on their services.Additional links/info:
- Federal Unionists Network website
- Indivisible website
- “Hands Off!” National Day of Action (April 5) website
- Joe DeManuelle-Hall, Labor Notes, “Trump Goes Nuclear on the Federal Workforce”
- Tyler Pager, The New York Times, “Trump Moves to End Union Protections Across Broad Swath of Government”
- Daniel Weissner, Reuters, “Union Sues to Block Trump from Ending Collective Bargaining for Many federal workers”
- Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, “Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer”
- Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “‘It’s not Elon versus government, it’s Elon versus everyone’: A dire warning from fired federal workers”
Permanent links below…
- Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show!
- Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
- In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
- The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page
Featured Music…
- Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme Song
Studio Production: Maximillian
Alvarez
Post-Production: Jules Taylor
Post-Production: Jules Taylor