NTEU Fights For Union Rights in Latest Court Filing

On Monday afternoon, NTEU filed an important legal document in our fight to preserve union rights for federal employees.

The 48-page brief explains how the March executive order eliminating collective bargaining for workers in certain federal agencies is unlawful. NTEU is urging a federal judge to block the executive order and force 12 agencies to once again recognize the union and our contracts.

"This Court should reject the government’s position, perform the judicial branch’s function of ensuring that the political branches stay within the bounds of their legal authority, and conclude that the President’s unprecedented use of the national security exemption to punish unions for mounting legal challenges to his actions is unlawful," the brief states.

If the judge agrees, it would be an important victory in the legal battle to protect federal employees' collective bargaining.