Comment on Trump revokes collective bargaining rights at TSA to crush union

• splinter@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s incorrect, and these situations aren’t close to comparable.

  When Biden was in power, eight out of twelve unions had already ratified the contract, and Biden forced the final four to accept it. Trump is attempting to ban unions altogether.

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  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    OP’s point stands though, whether it’s right or not, it seems to be within the President’s power.

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    • splinter@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I clarified further. In the rail strike case, it was a senate bill, not an executive action. And the bill passed 80-15. Biden signed the bill, but that isn’t the same thing at all.

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  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    He literally could have vetoed it if he wanted to and put it back in the hands of the Senate but OK.

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    • splinter@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I guess technically, but with such a high majority it would have just been overturned immediately, so it wouldn’t have helped at all and might have just undermined future cooperation.

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      • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yes. He could have. Actions have meaning. He chose not to.

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