Donald Trump is eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in the government.
One agency hit a little too close to home for a top Republican.
And Donald Trump shut down a secret government slush fund that revealed an awful truth about Josh Hawley.
Federal agency charged with mediating union contracts was rife with corruption
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced The Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA) along with Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH), and left-wing Democrat Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Cory Booker (D-NJ).
The bill is designed to help Big Labor by speeding up the negotiation of an initial contract in favor of union bosses.
An employer would have 10 days to begin negotiations on a contract if union bosses win a workplace vote.
Hawley’s Big Labor betrayal bill speeds up this timeline so that if there’s no contract after 90 days, a government mediator would step in to negotiate a contract through binding arbitration.
The government mediator would negotiate a pro-Big Labor contract that the employer and workers would be forced to accept.
Hawley’s misguided attempt to work with Democrats to give the Union Bosses more power over workers would have empowered one of the worst federal agencies in the Washington, D.C., Swamp.
President Donald Trump ordered the closure of The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) as part of his effort to make the government more efficient.
The FMCS only had 230 employees and acted as a mediator between Big Labor and businesses in disputes.
Employees at the agency used it to hire their friends, bill taxpayers for extravagant expenses like a BMW, and rarely did any work, according to a recently published Daily Wire investigative report.
The textbook definition of government excess and corruption
FMCS managers had luxury suites for offices with some complete with their own showers.
The director billed taxpayers for his living expenses and meals because he claimed that he was on a year-long business trip working out of the main office.
FMCS official George Cohen bought $200 coasters, champagne, and artwork from his wife out of a “recreation and reception fund.”
Top FMCS IT official James Donnen expensed his wife’s cell phone bill and cable TV at his home and vacation on the taxpayer dime.
Another employee leased a BMW at the government’s expense.
Retired FMCS employee Charles Burton created a corporation to which an active FMCS employee paid $85,000 for “Call Center Service” on an agency credit card.
Burton’s company didn’t have a website or a phone number.
The FMCS was staffed with former union officials and their friends.
An investigation under former President Barack Obama into the agency didn’t go anywhere.
Obama promoted the FMCS official under investigation to another job.
“Let me give you the honest truth: A lot of FMCS employees don’t do a hell of a lot, including myself. Personally, the reason that I’ve stayed is that I just don’t feel like working that hard, plus the location on K Street is great, plus we all have these oversized offices with windows, plus management doesn’t seem to care if we stay out at lunch a long time. Can you blame me?” an FCMS employee told The Daily Wire.
Josh Hawley wanted to put the fate of workplace contract mediation in the hands of Big Labor cronies at one of the federal government’s most corrupt agencies.
Stay tuned to Unmuzzled News for any updates to this ongoing story.
