A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from implementing its policy aimed at ending collective bargaining arrangements with employees in certain federal departments and agencies.
In an order on April 25, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman granted a union’s request for a preliminary injunction. His order blocked an executive order President Donald Trump signed in March, as well as a related guidance document from the Office of Personnel Management.
Friedman said the court would release an opinion in the following few days.
Trump’s order outlined a long list of agencies he said should be excluded from collective bargaining agreements on the basis that they partook in national security and other related activities. The entities listed included the Department of State, the Department of Treasury, the Food and Drug Administration, and the General Services Administration….