Overview
- Judge James Donato on June 24 granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Trump’s March 27 executive order across about 20 federal agencies.
- The order aimed to strip collective bargaining rights from agencies designated as having national security missions, affecting roughly 75% of unionized federal workers.
- Unions led by the American Federation of Government Employees argued the order was intended to punish opposition and infringed on First Amendment protections.
- Earlier in May, a D.C. Circuit panel lifted a preliminary block on seven agencies, creating conflicting rulings as litigation moves to the Ninth Circuit.
- The administration has appealed Donato’s ruling to the Ninth Circuit as unions prepare for a trial on the order’s constitutionality.