Defense Department Nixes Union Contracts for 300,000 Workers

The Department of Defense canceled its collective bargaining agreements with the union representing around 300,000 agency employees, the latest in a series of contract cancellations as the Trump administration seeks to reshape the federal workforce.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved to terminate all union contracts with the American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE said Wednesday. The cancellation stems from a pair of executive orders President Donald Trump signed last year that used national security concerns to strip over 1 million federal workers of their collective bargaining rights.

The US Office of Personnel Management instructed agencies in February to begin ...