Trump Targets Spending on Labor Union Talks in Latest DOGE Move

President Donald Trump’s administration is mandating federal agencies report how much they spent negotiating labor union contracts for the past year, a sign that collective bargaining agreements could be the next target in a government cost-cutting push.

An Office of Personnel Management memo sent Monday directs federal agency heads to report the amount spent on the collective bargaining agreement process, including how much they paid their employees involved in the negotiations, fees for engaging in mediation or arbitration and the fair-market-value of the office space used for the talks.

“Federal agencies spent millions bargaining sweetheart collective-bargaining agreements (CBAs) that ...