In a 77-page decision, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ruled that the Pentagon's National Security Personnel System (NSPS) fails to ensure collective bargaining rights, does not provide an independent third-party review of labor relations decisions and would leave employees without a fair process for appealing disciplinary actions.
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...Bush officials say such changes are necessary to make agencies more effective, and that new personnel systems at Defense and Homeland Security are essential to making both more nimble in the struggle against terrorism.
Because the 1600 Crew and Beloved Leader do such a good job at putting quality first in things like hiring exemplary leaders for jobs at critical agencies. See: Julie Meyers and Michael Brown.
The number one priority for this adminstration after making sure that CheneyBurton got infinately richer along with the oil companies and other defense contractors has been union-busting. The difference between the anti-union tactics of the 1600 Crew and the old industrialists is that instead of hiring thugs with clubs, they hire lawyers in suits and put them on the public payroll as political appointees to do the bidding of ... their corporate sponsors and anyone else who feels that Unions and Communism are part and parcel of the same social contract.
Could the federal bureacracy be made more efficient? Sure. Will union-busting do it? No. Will the 1600 Crew keep trying? Do bears shit in the woods?
