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Original Date Announced
March 27, 2025EO 14251 “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs” designates more than 40 agencies and agency subdivisions as having intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work as a primary function, and therefore exempts them from USC Chapter 71, title 5 and USC Chapter 52, title 22, subchapter X , thus ending collective bargaining rights for employees of those entities. The identified agencies include the Department of State, Department of Defense, and Department of Justice, as well as subdivisions of the Department of Homeland Security, including USCIS and ICE, but not CBP.
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2025.03.27_FR-EO 14251 "Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs"Effective Date
March 27, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action
March 31, 20252025.03.31 Complaint - NTEU v. Trump
The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) filed a lawsuit challenging EO 14251. The NTEU is a labor union that represents federal employees in 37 agencies and departments, including DOJ.
NTEU's complaint alleges that EO 14251 § 2 is "unlawful and ultra vires because it conflicts with 5 U.S.C. § 7103(b)(1)" which grants the President "narrow authority to exclude some agencies from the collective bargaining statute." NTEU claims that the "President’s sweeping Executive Order is inconsistent with this narrow authority" and is instead motivated by "a policy objective of making federal employees easier to fire and political animus against federal sector unions."
The complaint also claims that EO 14251 violates First Amendment rights because it is retaliatory and seeks to punish Federal unions that previously raised legal challenges against the Trump administration. National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump, No. 1:25-cv-00935 (D.D.C.).
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NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/Actual In LitigationTrump Administration Action: Presidential OrdersSubject Matter: LaborAssociated or Derivative Policies
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Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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New Policy
Original Source:
EO: Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs
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Subsequent Action
Original Source:
Complaint - NTEU v. Trump
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Commentary
2025.03.28 Executive Order on "Exclusions From Federal-Labor Management Relations Programs" - Economic Policy Institute
The Economic Policy Institute explains how the EO "strips more than a million federal workers of their collective bargaining rights."
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