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Constitutional Law

Jun. 19, 2025

Unions challenge Trump's order stripping federal jobs' bargaining rights

Six unions seek a preliminary injunction against Trump's order exempting federal jobs from collective bargaining, arguing it is retaliation for their opposition to his policies.

Unions challenge Trump's order stripping federal jobs' bargaining rights
U.S. District Judge James Donato

Six labor unions argued in a San Francisco court Wednesday for an injunction against President Donald Trump's order declaring thousands of federal jobs as national security related, thus exempting them from collective bargaining.

U.S. District Judge James Donato allowed the unions and the federal government to present their arguments in full but declined to immediately rule on the preliminary injunction request.

The plaintiffs' attorneys, who say their union clie...

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