Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that a labor union says would cancel collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled that a key part of President Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s March 27 order can바카라 게임 웹사이트t be enforced at roughly three dozen agencies and departments where employees are represented by the National Treasury Employees Union.
The union, which represents nearly 160,000 federal government employees workers, sued to challenge Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s order. The union said it would lose more than half of its revenue and over two-thirds of its membership if the judge denied its request for a preliminary injunction.
Friedman said he would issue an opinion in several days to explain his . The ruling isn't the final word in the lawsuit. He gave the attorneys until May 2 to submit a proposal for how the case should proceed.
Union president Doreen Greenwald said the judge's order is 바카라 게임 웹사이트a victory for federal employees, their union rights and the American people they serve.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트The preliminary injunction granted at NTEU바카라 게임 웹사이트s request means the collective bargaining rights of federal employees will remain intact and the administration바카라 게임 웹사이트s unlawful agenda to silence the voices of federal employees and dismantle unions is blocked,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Greenwald said in a statement.
Some agencies, including the FBI, are exempt from a law requiring federal agencies to bargain with labor organizations over employment matters. Presidents can apply the exemption to agencies that have a 바카라 게임 웹사이트primary function바카라 게임 웹사이트 of performing intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative or national security work.
But no president before Trump tried to use the national security exemption to exclude an entire cabinet-level agency from the law바카라 게임 웹사이트s requirements, according to the employees바카라 게임 웹사이트 union. It said Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s order is designed to facilitate mass firings and exact 바카라 게임 웹사이트political vengeance바카라 게임 웹사이트 against federal unions opposed to his agenda.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The President바카라 게임 웹사이트s use of the Statute바카라 게임 웹사이트s narrow national security exemption to undo the bulk of the Statute바카라 게임 웹사이트s coverage is plainly at odds with Congress바카라 게임 웹사이트s expressed intent,바카라 게임 웹사이트 .
Government lawyers argued that the court order requested by the union would interfere with the president바카라 게임 웹사이트s duty to ensure federal workers are prepared to help protect national security.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It is vital that agencies with a primary purpose of national security are responsive and accountable to the American people.바카라 게임 웹사이트 .
The IRS is the largest bargaining unit represented by the National Treasury Employees Union. A day after Trump signed his order, the administration in Kentucky to seek a ruling that it can terminate the collective bargaining agreement for the IRS.
The union says the administration has 바카라 게임 웹사이트effectively conceded바카라 게임 웹사이트 that its members don바카라 게임 웹사이트t do national security work. The union members affected by the executive order also include employees of the Health and Human Services Department, the Energy Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Communications Commission.
The union said it will lose approximately $25 million in dues revenue over the next year. Some agencies, it says, already have stopped deducting union dues from employees바카라 게임 웹사이트 pay.
바카라 게임 웹사이트In the absence of preliminary injunctive relief, NTEU may no longer be able to exist in a manner that is meaningful to the federal workers for whom it fights,바카라 게임 웹사이트 union lawyers wrote.
Government attorneys argued that the courts typically defer to the president바카라 게임 웹사이트s judgment on national security matters.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Executive actions that are facially valid 바카라 게임 웹사이트 that is, within the lawful authority of the executive 바카라 게임 웹사이트 are entitled to a presumption of regularity,바카라 게임 웹사이트 they wrote.