President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 28 aimed at ending collective bargaining with federal unions in some departments.
The order applies to unions in certain federal agencies, including NASA, the Patent and Trademark Office, and the National Weather Service, the White House said in a statement, adding that it would affect departments with “national security missions.”
Collective bargaining is the process by which labor unions negotiate with an employer on behalf of a group of employees, usually to broker the terms and conditions of employment, including pay and benefits.
The order, “Further Exclusions from the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program,” states that agencies and agency subdivisions whose primary function is “intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work” should be exempt from the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute….
Trump Signs Order to End Collective Bargaining With Unions in Some Federal Agencies
