The Department of Veterans Affairs ended nearly all collective bargaining agreements, forcing union locals to vacate office space on short notice. Federal employees have had the right to join unions and collectively bargain over working conditions since the 1960s, though they cannot negotiate wages or strike. Collective bargaining shapes disciplinary procedures, parental leave, overtime management and other workplace policies, which historically reduced friction and improved government effectiveness. President Trump issued an executive order in March terminating collective bargaining rights for over one million federal workers across about 20 agencies and halted automatic union-due payroll deductions. A later order added several agencies. Unions filed lawsuits and lower courts temporarily halted the March order while appeals allowed agency actions to proceed amid national security reasoning.
Federal employees have had the right to join unions and collectively bargain over working conditions since the 1960s. Unlike private sector workers, government employees cannot negotiate wages or strike. But through collective bargaining, they do help shape disciplinary procedures, parental leave policies, how overtime is managed and much more. Giving workers a say in workplace policies, the thinking goes, leads to less friction in the workplace and more effective government.
In March, he issued an executive order ending collective bargaining rights for more than one million federal workers at about 20 federal agencies. Almost immediately, many agencies halted automatic deductions of union dues from employee paychecks, cutting off a critical source of cash flow to the unions. Just ahead of Labor Day, Trump issued a new executive order, adding about a half dozen agencies to the list. Unions have filed lawsuits, alleging Trump is retaliating against them for opposing parts of his agenda.
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