New curbs on federal unions start to kick in
Federal agencies on Monday begin implementing executive orders from President Donald Trump on how to confront employee unions, following strict guidelines likely to escalate tensions that have been building since the president took office.
The administration describes Trump’s new rules, issued in May, as an effort to streamline a bloated bureaucracy and improve accountability within the federal workforce of 2.1 million. The unions counter that the orders are only the latest in Trump’s aggressive actions intended to weaken their bargaining power and make it easier to fire government workers.
