GringoTex
30 Jul 2002, 01:49 PM
http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2002/07/30/bush/index.html
The irritating name of the president’s new, multi-billion dollar bureaucracy is beginning to sound truly ominous. First came the citizen snitch program, and now the White House is using terrorism as a pretext for union-busting. The president hasn’t explained exactly why the estimated 200,000 employees of the Department of Homeland Security must be deprived of collective bargaining and due process. Perhaps he should detail his concerns in a speech before the Uniformed Firefighters of America or the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association or any of the various locals that represent America’s unionized heroes.
The irritating name of the president’s new, multi-billion dollar bureaucracy is beginning to sound truly ominous. First came the citizen snitch program, and now the White House is using terrorism as a pretext for union-busting. The president hasn’t explained exactly why the estimated 200,000 employees of the Department of Homeland Security must be deprived of collective bargaining and due process. Perhaps he should detail his concerns in a speech before the Uniformed Firefighters of America or the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association or any of the various locals that represent America’s unionized heroes.