Labor gains a victory over Big Brother

Department of Volkland Security rules blocked

The Department of Homeland Security, after more than two years of work on new workplace rules, may have to scrap the plan after a federal judge questioned whether it protects union and employee rights.

The workplace rules would have dramatically reduced the clout of unions in the department, which has about 160,000 employees. Bush administration officials see the proposed rules as a key to moving forward -- and sidestepping union objections -- to more ambitious changes that would affect how employees are paid, promoted and disciplined.

It is disgusting how these people use 9/11 to try to advance every part of their elitist agenda, which includes the destruction of labor protections. Thank god we have a system of checks and balances that seems to function.