Trump Signs Executive Order Declaring War Against America’s Civil Servants
Friday, May 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. – Today, the
National Federation of Federal Employees
(NFFE), representing over 100,000 federal
workers, expressed outrage after President
trump signs three Executive Orders, all of
which aim to decimate the principles of an
apolitical federal civil service.
Together, the practical application of the
executive orders creates a culture of fear and
intimidation to silence critics and
whistleblowers within the Executive Branch to
pursue a more vibrant political
agenda.
The executive orders cover three
areas: 1) revoking federal employees’ ability
to provide advocacy services to agencies under
official time, 2) providing the authority to
terminate employees at-will, and 3) reducing
collective bargaining to theoretical
irrelevance.
NFFE National
President Randy Erwin provided this
statement:
“Today President Trump declared war
on America's civil servants. Regardless
of the extremely weak arguments he gives to end
a century of progress for the nation’s
professional civil service, it is obvious his
aim is to create a culture of fear within the
federal government in order to advance a
political agenda in the Executive Branch.
By taking away the systematic safeguards that
keep purely political or corrupt forces at bay,
he creates the Wild West in the Executive
Branch. This is an assault on the
American people, it is an assault on the middle
class, and it is an assault on American
ideals. It is shameless.”