{"id":2435050,"date":"2025-05-15T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trump-from-removing-foreign-service-workers-collective-bargaining-rights\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:55:44","slug":"judge-blocks-trump-from-removing-foreign-service-workers-collective-bargaining-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trump-from-removing-foreign-service-workers-collective-bargaining-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks Trump from removing Foreign Service workers\u2019 collective bargaining rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-trump-from-removing-foreign-service-workers-collective-bargaining-rights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435050&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump&#8217;s attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >revoke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-broken-promises-and-flip-flops-from-joe-bidens-first-month-in-office\/\" title=\"5 Broken Promises And Flip-Flops From Joe Biden\u2019s First Month In Office\">collective bargaining rights<\/a><\/a> for Foreign Service workers. This decision follows an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-follows-radical-agenda-in-first-72-hours\/\" title=\"Biden Follows Radical Agenda In First 72 Hours\">executive order signed<\/a> by Trump that aimed to exclude federal workers engaged in national security and intelligence work from such protections. The American Foreign Service Association, which represents over 18,000 workers, argued in court that the executive order was retaliatory rather than based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-exec-who-helped-spy-on-president-trump-admits-to-providing-data-to-cia-report\/\" title=\"Tech Exec Who Helped \u2018Spy\u2019 On President ... Admits To Providing Data To CIA: Report\">legitimate national security concerns<\/a>. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman supported the association&#8217;s stance, citing Congress&#8217;s intent to broadly protect these rights within federal service. The judge&#8217;s ruling is seen as a continuation of previous decisions he has made to safeguard collective bargaining rights for federal employees.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge blocks Trump from removing Foreign Service workers&rsquo; collective bargaining rights<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2122569\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge granted Foreign Service workers a preliminary injunction against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> over his attempt to strip them of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3362190\/trump-collective-bargaining-government-unions-doge-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">collective bargaining rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On March 27, Trump signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/exclusions-from-federal-labor-management-relations-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"executive order\">executive order<\/a> determining that federal workers whose primary function was listed under &ldquo;intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work&rdquo; could not be protected by collective bargaining due to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-army-falls-25-short-of-recruitment-targets\/\" title=\"U.S. Army Falls 25% Short of Recruitment Targets\">national security requirements<\/a> and considerations.&rdquo; The American Foreign Service Association, representing over 18,000 Foreign Service workers, sued the administration for the order. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman granted the association a preliminary injunction while its case is heard<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3411857\/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-pleads-not-guilty-obstruction\/\">Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan pleads not guilty in obstruction case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3411886\/south-carolina-heartbeat-law-planned-parenthood-abortion-ban\/\">South Carolina clarifies vague heartbeat bill language to affirm six-week abortion ban<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3411833\/new-york-state-budget-republicans-angered-letitia-james-legal-bills-trump\/\">New York Republicans angered over budget proposal that could pay for Letitia James&#8217;s legal bills against Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Friedman favored the AFSA, arguing that Congress was on its side.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress could not have been clearer in passing the Statute that it intended for the protections of the Statute to extend broadly to the covered departments and agencies in the foreign service,&rdquo; he said, according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In its court filing, the AFSA argued that Trump&rsquo;s executive order wasn&rsquo;t about &ldquo;legitimate &lsquo;national security&rsquo; issues&rdquo; but rather about retaliating against unions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Foreign Service employees have lost the ability to bargain collectively at a time when it matters the most, as the Administration continues to make significant, ongoing changes to employees&rsquo; working conditions and employment. This lost ability and opportunity to bargain results in harms to those employees and AFSA that are immeasurable and that will become irreparable absent emergency relief,&rdquo; the AFSA&rsquo;s lawyers<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.279230\/gov.uscourts.dcd.279230.10.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\"> said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Government lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.279230\/gov.uscourts.dcd.279230.23.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"argued\">argued<\/a> the action was fully in line with the Foreign Service Act, as Trump determined &ldquo;agencies with a primary national security focus are being hamstrung by restrictive terms of collective bargaining agreements that frustrate his ability to safeguard the interests of the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/3362657\/trumps-righteous-battle-to-end-government-union-collective-bargaining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TRUMP&rsquo;S RIGHTEOUS BATTLE TO END GOVERNMENT UNION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING\">TRUMP&rsquo;S RIGHTEOUS BATTLE TO END GOVERNMENT UNION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The democratically elected President&rsquo;s determination regarding the public interest in that sphere is entitled to deference,&rdquo;&nbsp;they added.<\/p>\n<p>Friedman, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, previously blocked Trump from removing the collective bargaining rights of hundreds of thousands of federal employees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2122569\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2122569\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge halts Trump&#8217;s move to revoke Foreign Service workers&#8217; bargaining rights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2435051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-inaugura.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[52401,55303,37654,36794,3634],"class_list":["post-2435050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-collective-bargaining","tag-foreign-service","tag-labor-rights","tag-legal-ruling","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-inaugura.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435050"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435054,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435050\/revisions\/2435054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}