OCC Cancels Collective Bargaining Agreement in Trump Union Push

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency told employees that it is canceling the agency’s collective bargaining agreement, according to an internal email obtained by Bloomberg Law.

The OCC is moving to comply with President Donald Trump’s March 2025 executive order that exempted employees working in national security and other government agencies from collective bargaining rights, according to the Tuesday email. The OCC is an independent unit of the Treasury Department, which was included in the list of agencies exempted from collective bargaining.

The CBA termination was effective Tuesday. The OCC and the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents OCC employees, didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Unions have already filed several lawsuits to block the Trump administration’s effort to eliminate protections for workers, arguing that federal labor law gives government workers collective bargaining rights.

It’s unclear how many OCC employees are covered by the now-terminated CBA. The agency saw around 25% of its then-approximately 3,600-member workforce depart as part of the Trump administration’s buyout offers in 2025.

The OCC’s move to cancel its CBA comes after the Office of Personnel Management instructed agencies to terminate their union contracts in compliance with Trump’s March 2025 executive order, as well as one issued last August, in a February memo. The IRS, another Treasury Department unit, axed its CBA on Feb. 27.

More than 1 million federal workers saw their collective bargaining rights eliminated through the executive orders. The OCC’s email doesn’t mention the August executive order.