Legal Actions

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and unions representing federal government workers have sued the Trump administration challenging President Trump's Executive Order 14251. This executive order removes collective bargaining rights for the majority of federal employees under the pretext that collective bargaining for these workers threatens national security. The plaintiffs argued that Executive Order 14251 violates the separation of powers clause of the Constitution, as well as the plaintiffs' First Amendment right to freedom of speech.