Erich Wagner at Government Executive reports the Trump Administration is continuing its push to terminate its contracts with Federal Employee Unions at Agencies across the U.S. Government, as Labor Leaders warn the actions will degrade the Government’s services to the public. Earlier this month, a Federal Appeals Court allowed the Administration to move forward with plans, first laid out in a March Executive Order, to strip two-thirds of the Federal Workforce of their Collective Bargaining Rights Under The Auspices Of National Security, while lawsuits challenging the edict proceed. Though that decision was partially predicated on the idea that agencies would wait until the “conclusion of litigation” before formally terminating Union agreements, the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ceased recognizing most Labor Groups last week. The trend continued this week, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service all cancelled contracts with their respective Unions. In response, the National Association of Agricultural Employees, the Union representing Plant Inspectors within APHIS, sued the Administration in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to block their removal from the Federal workplace.

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