Stalin said that it takes a very brave soldier to be a coward in his army.

Hey I have to work with the threat of low performance equaling a trip to unemployment everyday. Why no the government workers?

We need to put a boot heal to the everyday slacker. Those collage protesters who manage to get a government job because they knew someone who pulled them in.

Your average Democrat does not go out protesting. They go to work. These are just your typical snowflakes.

Larger employers love this because the union leaders are very cheap to bribe since none of them have any qualification and no alternative income but living off small bribes. It’s much more flexible to deal with the local drunken union leader than having democratic public laws regulating employments. The current PM of Sweden is a former union leader, for the metal industry, which has completely collapsed during his corrupt “career”, making hundreds of thousands unemployed. The socialist party elite that crowned him in secret meetings, called him “A great negotiator”. I haven’t heard that term since Trump got nominated. It’ll be interesting to see the results of his 5 minutes together with the president. He will leave that meeting naked. And shaved. So little will he have left, the “negotiating” union leader.

Is this phraseology less politically-incorrect?—
“Those positions, command an inordinate above market pay-rate, because of their unique set-up & governmental affiliation, not available to all other business equally.”
That applies to the EPA and the Post Office.
-My Post Office was built in 1938– that was tax money. “Spinning off” the Post Office in 1971, didn’t make it a “business” then and it certainly isn’t now.

I’ve worked in the state sector, non-profits, and private-sector (employee & employer) and have been union & non-union.

You have no idea what I do or where I stand in the pay scale, yet you insist on assuming.

I’ve read your comments on other discussions here and they’re rather more intelligent and on point, in this case, you’re being nothing more than an impolite troll.

“Look for the Union Label”
SNL Parody
https://youtu.be/V2CU1cdTlQE
(1:14)

That is rather rude so please let it go.

I am sure that information is out there someplace else.

If you still cannot find it just stick your head out your door and ask your local mail carrier when they pass by again.

First off, never assume.

Second, not one dime of tax money goes to support the USPS outside of Congressional franking activities and free mailing for the blind. All money for the USPS comes from mailing revenue.

Third, Union Dues are moot. Despite common belief, the Union(s) are barred from using dues money for political activity. The money for Union political activity comes out of PAC funds, which have nothing to do with dues.

As to the vid? I’ve been getting Hatch Act briefings since I enlisted in the military and served 20 years. they’re beyond boring at this point. Interpretations shift, but the basic instructions have remained essentially the same. You can protest on your own time with no repercussions.

To quote someone whose posts I like a lot, “HAR!”

Was this on purpose, or a Freudian slip? Either way, I like it a lot and am stealing it!

Would you enlighten us, as to how much you make, what level & step you are at, and specifically– how much you pay in dues to your Union every paycheck?

Some of us here– we don’t like this sweetheart arraignment wherein we are all required by force to pay taxes, so your Union can take our tax money, and use it against us. (I oppose ALL public sector unions.)

to muddy the waters even more– 90 minutes of discussion on An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, aka the Hatch Act of 1939, from the Hatch Act Unit at the Office of Special Counsel.

What Every Federal Employee Needs to Know About the Hatch Act
OGE Institute for Ethics in Government, Spring of 2016.
https://youtu.be/TNYuQmhHFfI
(1:30:29)

Now that we have a real Attorney General confirmed and on-duty, I would hope things will be different going forward. (As soon as Session’s can root out the hangers-on from the last administration.)

The Hatch Act needs to be modified, because as written, interpreted, and enforced, I cannot, for instance, run for my local town council, as they are partisan seats. They have nothing to do with my job, and no influence or even the possibility of influence, however, I’m barred from running for the positions as I’m a Federal Employee. Similarly, with the introduction of Federal money down to the local school level courtesy of No Child Left Behind, my ability to even serve on the school board has become doubtful. Like many pieces of legislation, it’s a reminder that the law of unintended consequences is a bitch.

Commodude: Interesting. This was not the interpretation of the Hatch Act given to me when I worked at the FAA from 1975-1978. And even if I misunderstood the law then, it seems to me that it is inappropriate for government workers to be doing this in direct opposition to their boss.

At the same time, it is also clear that Trump officials are taking a cool-headed approach to this, and likely plan to address the issue during budget talks. Seems smart to me.

http://www.apwu.org/sites/apwu/files/resource-files/leg-hatchactguidelines.pdf

Were your interpretation correct, almost every postal employee would have been in violation of the act while engaging in several nationwide protests and information sessions concerning the consolidation of postal plants in the past few years.

“The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2018.”