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The Bush Administration has proposed new personnel rules for 750,000 civilian Defense Department workers that would:

Reduce pay for federal workers overall.
End civil service protections.
End meaningful collective bargaining for these workers.
End seniority rules on layoffs and reductions-in-force.
Allow management to decide who gets raises and change work hours and civilian deployments at will.

Known as the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), these rules become a model for attacks on collective bargaining throughout the federal government—and by states and private-sector employers. The rights of all of us are threatened.

The Bush administration is accepting comments from the public on the proposed rules for just a few short weeks. Please use the message below to submit your comments to the Federal Register. It's important to use the language provided because it is in the format and uses the technical citations necessary for official comments. The Bush Administration and the Republican led Congress is trying to make it as difficult as possible for our voices to be heard. This is democracy?

While these rules do not directly affect all of us (right now) we can’t let our guard down on this one. This is another part of the systematic attempt by Republican leaders to take away workers rights and turn everything into a Wal-Mart department. Please excuse the legalese and long-winded letter, as this is the only way that the docket will accept the comments—otherwise they will never be seen. Yet another attempt by Republican leaders to silence the workers.

Thanks for taking the time to fight for working families.

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