Executive Order on "Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs"
Update: On September 25, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced it was terminating its collective bargaining agreement with the Council of Prison Locals (CPL-33), citing the union becoming “an obstacle to progress instead of a partner in it.” The termination of the contract would impact more than 30,000 prison workers. CPL-33 is an affiliate of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which has sued the Trump administration for several executive orders that impact the federal workforce.
Timeline
August 28 – President Trump issued an Executive Order extending his original March EO to include more agencies. This EO would also exclude workers at agencies including NASA, NOAA, the National Weather Service, and more from their rights to join a union and lines up the potential elimination of even more collective bargaining agreements.
August 6 – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it would terminate most of its union contracts with federal employees of the VA. VA officials cited that this action was being taken because the employee unions have “repeatedly opposed significant, bipartisan VA reforms and rewarded bad employees for misconduct.” This announcement terminates union rights and current collective bargaining agreements for the majority of VA staff, about 370,000 employees, represented by unions including the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE), the National Federation of Federal Employees, National Nurses United and the Service Employees International Union.
August 8 – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also canceled its union contracts, citing a goal to “prevent irreparable harm to national security.” This is a more explicit reference to President Trump’s original March executive order, despite the fact that the EPA’s national security responsibilities are just one part of the agency’s overall mission. This announcement terminates union rights and current collective bargaining agreements for thousands of EPA employees, represented by unions including AFGE, NAGE, the Engineers and Scientists of California, and the National Association of Independent Labor.
https://www.epi.org/policywatch/executive-order-on-exclusions-from-federal-labor-management-relations-programs/