WASHINGTON, June 13, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters joined
with 12 other labor unions in bringing a lawsuit to stop the
implementation of three executive orders issued by the President on
May 25.
Two of the orders impair long-established federal labor
relations procedures by limiting the ability of federal workers and
their union representatives to perform union business and by
weakening the process for negotiating contracts on behalf of
unionized federal employees. The third order seeks to impair the
due process rights of employees alleged to have performance
problems.
The federal rules governing labor-management relations and
personnel matters were codified into law in 1978 with the passage
of the Civil Service Reform Act.
"The rights of federal employees and the unions that were
democratically-elected to represent them are being unjustly singled
out," said Michael Filler, the
Director of the Teamsters Public Services Division. "Neither
national security nor the quality of service to the public will be
improved by ignoring the law and relevant legal precedent;
therefore, the court should declare all three executive order
invalid and unenforceable," Filler added.
The Teamsters represent 1.4 million workers throughout
North America, including
approximately 2,000 civilian federal employees in six states, who
are employed by agencies such as the Department of the Navy, and
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout
the United States, Canada and Puerto
Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow us
on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/teamsters.
Contact:
Ted
Gotsch, (202)
624-6911
tgotsch@teamster.org
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SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters