President Donald Trump issued a memorandum Jan. 31 limiting union contracts made under the Biden administration.
The memo, which does not have the force of an executive order, directs all agreements executed in the 30 days before Trump was inaugurated to be deemed invalid.
Trump wrote in the memo that the collective bargaining agreements with federal employees finalized shortly before he took office extended “wasteful and failing policies” of the Biden administration.
Standards are also established that declare no agency, employee, or executive department shall enter into bargaining agreements related to conditions of employment in the 30 days before handing over power to a new administration….