In an audacious anti-union offensive undertaken on two fronts, President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order that seeks to end collective bargaining with employees in myriad agencies including all of EPA, parts of the Interior Department and most of the Energy Department.
Trump’s team reinforced the executive order with a lawsuit asking a federal judge to authorize the rescinding of existing collective bargaining agreements covering employees in agencies including EPA and portions of the Agriculture Department.
Taken together, the executive order issued from the White House and the suit filed in a remote Texas courthouse add up to a remarkable challenge to the power of public employee unions and the future of collective bargaining agreements.
“When inflexible CBAs obstruct presidential and agency head capacity to ensure accountability and improve performance, all citizens pay the price,” the lawsuit stated.
