{"id":19560,"date":"2025-03-28T15:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iatse.net\/?p=19560"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:26:14","slug":"iatse-on-executive-order-attacking-federal-workers-labor-rights-once-a-union-buster-always-a-union-buster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iatse.net\/iatse-on-executive-order-attacking-federal-workers-labor-rights-once-a-union-buster-always-a-union-buster\/","title":{"rendered":"IATSE on Executive Order Attacking Federal Workers\u2019 Labor Rights: \u2018Once a union buster, always a union buster.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) condemns the Trump administration\u2019s executive order stripping ~700,000 federal workers of their right to join together and collectively bargain. This unfounded and politically motivated attack on workers and freedom of speech, freedom of contract, and freedom of association constitutes the most egregious attack on the labor movement in United States history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Administration is attempting to silence the very workers who inspect our food, care for our veterans, and protect our communities. Why? Because as workers we have real power when we stand together, and the President knows it. It\u2019s retaliation against unions for doing their legal duty: stand up and defend workers on the job, in court, and in Congress. These rights-stripping executive actions are a warning to every working person in this country: if you use your free speech to stand up for yourself, you\u2019re next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Administration\u2019s actions are the very definition of union-busting and we\u2019ve seen it before. In 2004, then\u2013reality TV host <strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/aflcio.org\/2016\/9\/16\/open-letter-donald-trump-you-lost-my-vote-when-you-crossed-my-picket-line\">Donald Trump crossed an IATSE picket line<\/a><\/u><\/strong> in New York City during a labor dispute on The Apprentice. Today, we see nothing has changed. Once a union buster, always a union buster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entertainment workers know what it means to fight for a voice on the job. Behind the scenes, IATSE members build the sets, light the stages, and so much more to make the magic happen. Like Federal workers, our work can feel invisible\u2014and too often we are treated as expendable. That\u2019s why solidarity matters. When one group of workers loses their rights, it weakens all of us. When one group is silenced, the entire labor movement must amplify its voice in unison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unions aren\u2019t going anywhere. A strong 70% supermajority of Americans approve of the labor movement, far higher than the approval of any politician in either political party. Now is the time to organize, mobilize, and fight back together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) condemns the Trump administration\u2019s executive order stripping ~700,000 federal workers of their right to join together and collectively bargain. 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