Government Union Boss: We'll Open a 'Can of Whoop Ass' on our Opponents

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Townhall:

Yes, yes. Civility, etc. In any case, it's official: Firing a federal worker often proves preposterously difficult. A new Fox Business exclusive report details the degree to which slackers and incompetents in the federal workforce are insulated from accountability by bureaucratic inertia and powerful government unions. These taxpayer-funded rackets go to bat for federal employees whose performance has been deemed worthy or suspension or termination, frequently staving off consequences for violations and lapses that would never, ever fly in the private sector:

 

One big government insider is calling foul on government union abuses of taxpayers and federal agencies. Patrick Pizzella, one of the three referees at the FLRA adjudicating these fights, is blowing the whistle on federal union abuses in case after case. “One cannot make this stuff up,” Pizzella said. For example, federal labor unions are winning fights against federal agencies who try to fire their union workers for letting mentally ill military veterans walk out the door of psychiatric units in Veterans Affairs hospitals, or for not catching things like a major rat infestation in a food factory. Instead, union lawyers are getting their members’ jobs, back-pay, and benefits reinstated, all at taxpayer expense. Federal unions have also battled Defense Dept. agencies that, for example, try to suspend a daycare worker for letting a toddler wander off a military base down the sidewalk toward traffic. At the same time, federal worker unions have been fighting to unionize federal inspector generals’ offices...