Trump Union Activity Orders Garner More Labor Challenges

Two of the three federal workforce executive orders that President Donald Trump issued on May 25 are being challenged by federal employee unions. They aren’t ruling out further challenges.

“We continue to review all of our options regarding all three executive orders,” Tony Reardon, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, told Bloomberg Law June 4.

The three executive orders from Trump make it easier to fire federal workers, require the government to review its collective bargaining agreements for cost savings, and address the issue of federal employees spending more than 25 percent of their work hours on union representation ...