A federal worker union has sued to dam a Trump administration order that might strip bargaining rights at 18 departments, arguing the president abused a restricted nationwide safety authority to assault unions.
President Trump final week signed an order that directed businesses to terminate already-signed collective bargaining agreements and to “cease participating in grievance procedures.”
The Civil Service Reform Act that offers federal staff the appropriate to unionize does have exceptions for nationwide safety, however in its swimsuit the Nationwide Treasury Workers Union (NTEU) argues Trump went past authority that permits its use if an company “primarily does intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work.”
“The President’s sweeping Executive Order is inconsistent with this narrow authority. The Administration’s own issuances show that the President’s exclusions are not based on national security concerns, but instead a policy objective of making federal employees easier to fire and political animus against federal sector unions,” NTEU wrote in its swimsuit.
Whereas the order targets businesses it says have a nationwide safety mission, lots of the departments don’t have a strict nationwide safety connection.
Along with businesses with clear nationwide safety ties, the order additionally covers the Treasury Division, all businesses throughout the Division of Well being and Human Providers, the Environmental Safety Company, the Nationwide Science Basis, the Basic Providers Administration and plenty of extra.
NTEU mentioned that the statute might solely be used “in a manner consistent with national security requirements and considerations.”
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