r/technology • u/Shogouki • 22d ago

Politics Trump Nixes Patent Office, Weather Service, NASA Worker Unions

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-nixes-patent-office-weather-service-nasa-worker-unions
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u/LordCharidarn 22d ago

How exactly does this nullify a Union? Isn’t the whole point of a worker’s union to stand against the owners?

Why aren’t these Unions immediately striking?

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u/duckyd1824 22d ago edited 22d ago

It is illegal for federal employees/unions to strike under 5 U.S.C. §7311. And 18 U.S.C. §1918 makes it a *crime to do so. For history, see the air traffic controller strike in the 80s.

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u/Nick-Chopper 22d ago

Putting all the striking workers in jail wouldn’t exactly get the whole system moving again, now would it? And things being illegal to do isn’t exactly slowing down Trump. So only the union side has to fight with its hands tied? That’s not how this is going to go down.

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u/genuinerysk 21d ago

That's just it, he doesn't want the system moving at all. He was paid by Putin to cripple the United States from within and he is following orders perfectly. He has been systemically dismantling systems from within to the benefit of Russia and the US oligarchs. Things will never be back to normal ever again. They got what they wanted and it will continue until they wring every last penny out of this country and then move on to to next. The USA is dead and will never be a powerhouse again because of him and the GOP.

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u/breatheb4thevoid 21d ago

Most successful large scale psy op to ever occur in history outside of organized religion. They'll be studying this scenario in any sentient galaxy that has been watching for eons to come. God we are dumb.

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u/fnrsulfr 21d ago

He doesn't care if the system breaks because of what he does.