"From the viewpoint of American workers, there have been better Labor Days. Donald Trump chose to celebrate this year's edition by announcing last Thursday his unilateral abrogation of the federal government's contracts with the unions that represent the scientists, engineers, and other staffers at NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (which includes the National Weather Service), the Patent Office, and the International Trade Administration. This follows his earlier contract terminations with the unions that According to a study from the Center for American Progress (CAP), these Trump-imposed contract nullifications have cost 81.8 percent of civilian federal workers their right to collectively bargain"and that study came out before last Thursday's new round of government fuck-you's to its workers.