A federal judge on June 24 blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from eliminating collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers at 21 agencies, finding that unions suing the administration over the move were likely to succeed in their lawsuit.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and other unions in April challenging President Donald Trump’s March 27 executive order that removed collective bargaining rights from around 950,000 federal employees.
Those employees are collectively represented by the unions, who argued Trump’s order was unconstitutional and sought to punish them for constitutionally-protected speech and opposition to executive actions, including the administration’s efforts to overhaul the government and mass firings and layoffs of agency employees….
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Ending Collective Bargaining for Some Federal Workers
