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House Democrat says federal workforce recovering from 'a lot of harm' under Trump
The federal workforce is in a period of rebuilding and improving its morale after four years of former President Trump, Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) said Monday.
Speaking at The Hill's "Rebuilding the Federal Workforce" event, Kilmer told moderator Steve Clemons that a hippocratic oath of "do no harm" must be observed in regards to federal workers, but he said "a lot of harm" has been done to the federal workforce, especially under the administration of President Trump.
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The federal workforce is coming off years of rollbacks of employees' rights, through restrictions on collective bargaining rights and weakening of due process protections.
"We saw under the Trump administration a number of executive orders that were frankly anti-worker," Kilmer said at the event sponsored by Nokia. "They were anti-union. They made it harder to bargain collectively. They made it harder for union officials to use official time for collective bargaining activities."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-democrat-says-federal-workforce-recovering-from-a-lot-of-harm-under-trump/ar-BB1d5wrm?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP