Keith’s note: the following email was sent by the president of President AFEU/IFPTE local 30 at NASA Ames to employees: “Hello Everyone, On August 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14343, titled, “Further Exclusions from The Federal Labor-Management Relations Program” (EO 14343). This is notification that NASA intends to fully implement this Executive Order which excludes the agency from the Federal Service Labor Management Statute.” More below.

Keith’s note: the following email and attached memo was sent to NASA MSFC employees by the president of the Marshall Engineers and Scientists Association (MESA): “All, Yesterday afternoon MESA received official notification from MSFC Center Director Pelfrey that MSFC will comply with Executive Order 14343 – Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program (link below). This may be the last email I am able to send to you in this fashion as one of your union representatives as MSFC is choosing to comply with the President’s determination that your jobs are primarily “intelligence, counterintelligence, investigatory, or national security” in nature. Therefore, MSFC will be canceling our labor contract, which was ratified by MESA membership and approved by NASA last year (link also below). Please see the attached for a more detailed message that I encourage you to forward to your personal emails for reading/reviewing when you’re in a non-duty status (off the clock)”. More below

Keith’s note: this is the letter sent by NASA GSFC Associate Center Director to the local Union President regarding cessation of union activities at GSFC. NASA Wallops employees got an identical letter. The wording matches a letter that was sent by the JSC Center Director. More below.

Keith’s note: this was issued Thursday evening: “Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren Blasts Trump Administration for Cruel Union Busting — Today, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that it will join several other agencies in terminating contracts with labor unions. “The president’s union busting stinks,” said Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). “These unions have been working hard to protect their members as Trump continues to target dedicated civil servants through illegal firings, coercions to resign, intimidation tactics, and more. Trump finds that inconvenient, so he’s getting rid of the unions that get in his way.” NASA Has yet to post anything about this decision. You would think that employees might want to know that their unions are going away. See No No More Unions Allowed At NASA. Happy Labor Day regarding the Executive Order that started this union busting.

Keith’s note: NASA JSC Center Director Vanessa Wyche sent a letter to the AFGE Union President president saying “On August 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14343, titled, “Further Exclusions from The Federal Labor-Management Relations Program” (EO 14343). This is notification that NASA intends to fully implement this Executive Order which excludes the agency from the Federal Service Labor Management Statute.” Full text below.

Keith’s note: Last week there was a NASA JPL town hall. The ongoing effort to unionize JPL was a topic of discussion.  Shortly after that an anti-union email was sent by management to all employees. Here is the JPL Workers United website: https://jplworkersunited.org

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