Judge Blocks New Homeland Security Rules. Remember when Dubya used this

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Homeland Security bill against the Democrats in 2002--particularly Senator Max Cleland. No reaction yet from the Bush adminstrration.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5207844,00.html

Judge Blocks New Homeland Security Rules

Saturday August 13, 2005 3:46 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has blocked the Bush administration's plans to overhaul personnel and pay rules at the Department of Homeland Security, saying the government-wide change of labor rules fails to protect workers' right to bargain collectively.

The decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer is a victory for the National Treasury Employees Union and other labor groups. They argued the proposal, which was set to be implemented Monday, would have taken away their bargaining rights on issues such as assigning employees and technology use.

Labor groups have filed similar challenges to a Pentagon plan to revise Defense Department labor rules.

This is ``enormous and critically important win for the rights of federal employees not only in DHS but in all federal agencies,'' said Colleen M. Kelley, president of the NTEU.

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