Trump moves to end collective bargaining with federal unions in agencies with national security missions
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Associated Press reported that the order targeted bargaining coverage across national-security-designated components and that AFGE, representing about 820,000 federal and D.C. workers, prepared litigation; the union's retaliation theory remained an allegation unless and until adopted by a court.
Order scope, AFGE membership figure, and announced legal challengeNational-security exclusions removed bargaining rights across agencies representing hundreds of thousands · Exclusions implemented across named components; agency-specific injunctions and appeals followed.