Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt to Constrain the New President
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Because the memorandum applies only to agreements made in the final thirty days of a presidential term that would take effect after the next inauguration, its immediate legal effect is prospective; it does not presently nullify every federal collective-bargaining agreement.
Operative text of the cited actionLame-duck bargaining rule constrains future administrations rather than present negotiations · Prospective restriction; operative during a president's final 30 days, not continuously.
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On 2025-01-31, Donald Trump barred executive departments and agencies from making new collective-bargaining agreements during the final 30 days of a presidential term that would not take effect before the next inauguration.
Operative text of the cited actionLame-duck bargaining rule constrains future administrations rather than present negotiations · Prospective restriction; operative during a president's final 30 days, not continuously.
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On 2025-01-31, Donald Trump barred executive departments and agencies from making new collective-bargaining agreements during the final 30 days of a presidential term that would not take effect before the next inauguration.
Operative text of the cited actionTrump blocked agencies from locking in last-minute union agreements · superseded evidence record