A federal judge in Northern California has blocked the Trump administration from stripping the union protections of two-thirds of federal workers, more than a million in all, but a recent Supreme Court ruling could spell trouble for the injunction.
Judge James Donato ruled in favor of the American Federation of Government Workers (AFGE)’s April lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s March 27 executive order.
Donato’s main reasoning for the ruling was that he thought Trump’s order was in retaliation for lawsuits and statements against him since taking office in January.
It’s an argument AFGE has put forward, but it isn’t easy to prove someone’s intentions behind an action like this.
“Disingenuous”
“President Trump revoked our members’ union rights in retaliation for our advocacy on behalf of federal workers and the American people, and we are grateful that Judge Donato saw through his disingenuous ‘national security’ justification and has ordered the immediate restoration of their rights,” said AFGE National President Everett Kelley.
“Federal employees have had the right to join a union and bargain collectively for decades, including during President Trump’s first term, and at no time have employees’ union rights caused concern for our nation’s national security,” he added. “Revoking these rights was clearly a retaliatory attempt to bust federal unions and wreak havoc on our nation’s workforce and the services they provide to the American people.”
Not only might this kind of shaky argument collapse on appeal, but there’s also the matter of the recent Supreme Court ruling barring nationwide injunctions at the local level.
This case is specific enough–referring specifically to the six unions that filed the suit and the 950,000 federal employees covered by it–that the new ruling might not apply, but it’s worth a try.
In the way
Trump is attempting to cut costs in the federal government through a reduction in force, and union protections are getting in his way as he tries to do so.
The executive order said to continue the RIF and to ignore union regulations to do so.
Not sure he will get away with that, but there’s got to be a way to cut out the useless and redundant staff so government can function better.
Unions were useful once upon a time when workers didn’t have even the most basic rights, but now they just perpetuate mediocrity and encourage workers not to work hard.
Trump continues to balance competing priorities to cut bloated government spending and to boost employment.
His actions along with DOGE to cut unneeded government employees were largely responsible for a .1% increase in unemployment in April, which remained unchanged at 4.2% in May.
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Author: Jen Krausz
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