Elon Musk's DOGE blocked from accessing Labor Department data in stunning win for unions
Elon Musk's DOGE blocked from accessing Labor Department data in stunning win for unions
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Elon Musk's DOGE Blocked from Accessing Labor Department Data in Stunning Win for Unions
Summary
A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk from accessing sensitive Labor Department data, a major win for unions concerned about worker privacy.
The lawsuit, filed by federal employee unions, argued that DOGE’s demands posed a threat to labor rights.
Union leaders praised the decision as a safeguard against government overreach.
DOGE has also faced restrictions on Treasury Department access and has taken control of USAID and the Office of Personnel Management, sparking high-profile resignations.
I'm still salty how many people are still running around shit talking the unions like they haven't done anything.
Just because mainstream news doesn't mention it yet, doesn't mean it's not happening. If you're not on a union mailing list, you're not hearing about stuff till it gets to this point.
There's a shit ton of lawsuits going on, mostly because the unions work hand in hand, so when one sues, they all sue.
It's not like private sector, when fed unions fight the federal government, the federal government is often the side with less resources.
Unions are why we have labor rights.
Protests (often incredibly violent ones) are why we have unions.
*Note an accurate explanation of how we got our rights isn't directly advocating for how to keep them or as advocacy for violence in any form, because that's what unacceptable about this situation
Also, remember that legal, regulated unions with a union steward empowered to negotiate are the compromise. The alternative was rioting mobs of factory workers.
In 1812 the forces of General Ludd attacked a mill near Manchester, which was defended by British soldiers and literal cannons. The reason why we have unions today is that dealing with unions was a more palatable option for the bosses than dealing with an angry mob.
Also, strikes are the more peaceful, more acceptable option that was a compromise vs. simply wrecking the machines.
All this time fighting against unions has meant the alternative to unions simply becomes more likely, and if the business owners think they hate unions, imagine how they'll like angry mobs.
This lawsuit was headed by the AFL-CIO, which is a union of unions.
I was at my monthly meeting last night until 7:45, the meeting started at 4:30. Lots of people were concerned and discussing the attacks on the NLRB, DoL and OSHA; concerned about this administration's anti-worker tilt.
Also - these unions are made up of hundreds of thousands of beaurocrats, and NOBODY knows the rules like beaurocrats.
Source: am municipal bureaucrat.
More importantly, bureaucrats who are used to politicians making kneejerk reactions and trying things they can't do.
Bureaucrats used to planning ahead for multiple contingencies.
trump and Elmo aren't chaotic forces, they're incredibly predictable idiots. The unions arent scrambling to react like a disorganized mass of employees, they just shrug and pull the next packet of documents out of a drawer and follow the next step in the binder.
They don't need to worry about flashy attorney fees, they have an army of beige suit lawyers who file boring and predictable arguments that were written before Elmo thought to put the current plan into motion. And they have the massive savings account to pay those boring lawyers for a very long time, because federal bureacrats are risk adverse and plan for raining days.
There's a reason neoliberals play nice when they decimate the federal workforce.
The union can outlast a president.
Big Up, Mon!
It’s like people who shit on Halo 1 without realizing that their favorite game wouldn’t have ever happened had Halo 1 not existed.
It’s hard for them to imagine what life was like before something came along and gave us improvements that they now take for granted.
People shit talk the unions because our unions are just a microcosm of the US. They are just as broken and corrupt as our government.
I didn't ask for ran example, but yes that's entirely the type of comment I'm talking about...
Just because you personally haven't heard of something, doesn't mean it's not happening.
That's literally how trump thinks tho
Help organize better ones