The Biden administration appears to be working overtime within federal agencies to get collective bargaining agreements in place before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.
The agreement is designed to complicate President Trump's claims. goal Civil service reform, or in his words, purge the deep state. Contract terms may limit federal agencies' discretion to manage employees.
The latest example of the Biden administration implementing this tactic is the Social Security Administration (SSA). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have already implemented or are working toward similar changes.
bloomberg reported About the Biden administration's efforts:
Biden administration appointees will put tens of thousands of Social Security workers on hybrid work schedules as part of a number of organized labor efforts that will complicate President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to restructure the federal workforce. Agreed.
American Federation of Public Employees [AFGE]The union representing 42,000 employees at the Social Security Administration reached an agreement with the agency last week to protect telework through 2029 in an updated contract, according to a message to members seen by Bloomberg.
…
In May, AFGE members at the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new “scientific integrity law” aimed at protecting their ability to discuss their research with the media and report suspected scientific misconduct without facing retaliation. ” has ratified a contract with management that includes safeguards. Justice Department lawyers have organized with another group, the Treasury Employees Union, to try to secure the union's recognition before Biden leaves office.
The Biden administration is facing a certain amount of opposition to President Trump's action plan to stop the purge of the administrative state. Senator-elect Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said He intends to work with Trump to roll back the deal on day one.
“Federal employees are paying attention. In the real world, if you don't show up to work, you get fired. Senate Republicans will start unwinding these ridiculous deals from day one.”
Investor Bill Ackman It rang Off: “Biden seeks to perpetuate the deep state before he leaves office by imposing unsustainable contracts on the government. @realDonaldTrump and @DOGE cannot succeed. This should stop now. ”
The term “administrative state” specifically describes the phenomenon of unaccountable and unelected administrative bodies, including national security agencies. exercise The power to create and enforce your own rules. The administrative state uses its rule-making ability to essentially usurp the separation of powers between the three branches of government. create The so-called fourth branch of government, which is not formed by the constitution.
Many unelected bureaucrats within the administrative state also use their positions to impose their policies on the people. For example, before the “laptop from hell” story broke in 2020, 51 intelligence officials signed a letter implying that Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation. That letter is peddled Politico ran a report titled, “The Hunter Biden story is Russian disinformation, dozens of former intelligence officials say.” However, it appears that the 51 signatories knew at the time that the Politico story was false, as the FBI had a laptop that Hunter had abandoned at a computer repair shop in Delaware. Then-presidential candidate Joe Biden cited the story during a 2020 presidential debate with then-President Trump, discrediting the contents of the laptop. The article was reportedly orchestrated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken for Biden to use during the event.
Some bureaucrats in the administrative state appear concerned that President Trump will replace them with officials who carry out tasks assigned to them by Trump administration officials. They frame this fear as a concern that President Trump will politicize their jobs.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. He is the author of The Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
