Overview

• U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order that sought to end collective bargaining rights for federal employees across more than a dozen agencies.
• The judge found that a key provision of the order was unlawful and scheduled attorneys to propose next steps by May 2, with a detailed opinion forthcoming.
• The Treasury Employees Union, representing 160,000 federal workers, argued the order would violate labor laws and drastically reduce union membership and revenue.
• The Trump administration plans to appeal the ruling, with the White House defending the order as necessary for national security and accusing unions of obstructing the president's agenda.
• Critics of the order claim it targets unions for political retaliation and undermines decades-long labor protections for federal employees.