Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Collective Bargaining Rights At Many Agencies
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The administration is trying to use a national security exemption to eliminate union rights for hundreds of thousands of workers.
The White House ramped up its attacks on federal labor unions Thursday by trying to strip away collective bargaining rights from a large chunk of the government workforce.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a slew of agencies ineligible for negotiating union contracts because they have intelligence or national security work as a “primary function.”
The order claims the exemption covers the State, Defense, Treasury, Justice and Veterans Affairs departments, along with large portions of the Interior, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services departments, and several other federal agencies.
If the policy survives a likely legal challenge, employees at the relevant agencies would no longer be covered by union contracts, losing a key barrier against unfair firings.
The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal union, said the order covers more than a million workers.
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