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Job Security And Bargaining Rights Of Federal Government Employees, Mark D. Roth, Gony Frieder, Anne Wagner
Job Security And Bargaining Rights Of Federal Government Employees, Mark D. Roth, Gony Frieder, Anne Wagner
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
From the beginning of his administration, President George Walker Bush undertook to curtail employment rights, particularly those previously enjoyed by federal government workers. In the wake of the September 11th attacks, however, the Bush Administration was able to launch a full-scale attack on federal employment rights under the guise of national security. While the expansion of government power in the name of national security has come under substantial media and political scrutiny, much of this attention has focused on the threat posed to individual rights. Increased federal power under the USA PATRIOT Act' and other measures2 ostensibly intended to enhance …