A federal judge on Thursday extended the deadline for federal workers to accept the Trump administration’s sweeping buyout offer.
The move comes as the government had set a Thursday deadline for federal workers to determine whether they wanted to take the deal – something they could do by simply replying “resign.”
Workers will now have until Monday to accept the deal, giving more time to weigh the unusual offer.
The buyouts promise employees eight months of pay and benefits in exchange for leaving the federal workforce, telling workers they would be off the hook for showing up to work and would be free to get another job.
“We are pleased the court temporarily paused this deadline while arguments are heard about the legality of the deferred resignation program. We continue to believe this program violates the law, and we will continue to aggressively defend our members’ rights,” American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) president Everett Kelley said in a statement.
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“American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)” is a government employee union. There should be NO ‘government employee unions’.
Why, you ask?
Because the real employer, “We The People” are never in the negotiations. So you have elected officials (also paid by We The People) negotiating these “union” contracts — or maybe that was also ‘delegated’ (read: authority given away) to the ‘bureaucrats of the Deep State’.
That is crap, and you know it.
I absolutely agree with you.