The reality for more than1.3 million Federal Government Workers leading up to the second Trump Administration has been collective bargaining through Unions recognized by the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).

This recognition comes with the right to bargain over working conditions and conditions of employment.

It also includes an individual right to representation when the boss is asking questions that could lead to discipline.

However, for a majority of these Workers, Trump’s Executive Order 14251 strips those rights in the name of “national security.”

These Workers, myself and my Union included, are now faced with a scenario that’s been all too common: There’s no real path to recognition or formal bargaining rights in the near future.

In fact, this was the state of organizing in the Federal Sector before 1962.

Whether its well-established local Unions or newly formed Organizing Committees, many Workers are asking: “What’s the point in a Union?” or “What can our Union do at this point?”

At the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee - a grassroots group that provides support and how-to resources to Workers organizing on the job - LaborNotes has assembled the following list of ways that we as Federal Workers can fight back with protection from reprisal or retaliation and regardless of our status with the FLRA.

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