Federal employee unions sue over Trump bid to strip collective bargaining

By the Union Commission of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. The past few months have seen a sustained assault on organized labor by the Trump administration. The premature dismissal of a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member, the revocation of union representation for TSA workers, and moves to privatize the postal service—each of these acts could be considered a precedent-setting attack in itself. In response, unions have filed la…

A coalition of unions filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration following the signing of an executive order forcing several federal agencies to suspend their collective bargaining agreements.The measure has been branded by the unions as an attempt to suppress their activism in defense of workers.Read more]]>

Federal employee unions sue over Trump bid to strip collective bargaining

A coalition of unions sued the Trump administration Friday over its directive to agencies to terminate their collective bargaining agreements with federal employee unions. President Trump last week signed an order directing 18 agencies to end the union contracts, citing a provision of the federal civil service law that allows such exceptions for national security…

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A coalition of unions sued the Donald Trump administration for seeking to rescind their collective agreements and eliminate federal employee unions, a situation not seen. Related video: Donald Trump Responds to China: "They Could Not Do" Last week, President Trump signed an order ordering 18 government agencies to terminate union contracts, citing a provision of federal civil service law that allows such exceptions for national security agencies.