Statement from Congressman Dan Goldman on Trump Administration’s Illegal Executive Order Eliminating Collective Bargaining Rights for Federal Employees

“Donald Trump’s illegal, pretextual, and destructive Executive Order attempting to eliminate collective bargaining for two-thirds of the federal workforce is an unacceptable attack on hardworking public servants and the fundamental rights of all workers around the country.  

 

“As with labor unions, federal workforce unions have entered into binding collective bargaining agreements that provide safer workplace conditions, better pay, essential benefits, and fair working hours. 

  

“The President’s Executive Order simply erases those hard-earned benefits for 75% of federal workers — a full 1.5 million federal employees.  

 

“This attack on labor unions is made even worse by the pretextual rationale that national security concerns justify this action. In the same week that the President has fully supported his top officials after they committed a shocking security breach, it is preposterous to believe that labor agreements must be unilaterally cancelled in the name of national security.  

   

“As federal workers challenge this unlawful order in the courts, I call on all Americans to rally against this attack on the hard-fought workplace rights earned over decades of effort.”