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The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to

Undo workers' lawful collective bargaining agreements

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https://democracy2025.org/response-center/fr-doc-2025-02729

What we know

This order attempts to undo lawfully negotiated collective bargaining agreements between the government and unions representing public servants.

Formal Name

Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt to Constrain the New President

Status
Underway
Formal Identifier

FR Doc. 2025-02729

January 31, 2025

Anticipated Impact

This order takes issue with collective bargaining agreements that were lawfully negotiated near the end of the Biden Administration between that administration and federal employees. President Trump asserted without any legal basis that he has the power to undo such agreements ratified in the last 30 days of the prior administration, but he does not.

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