President Donald Trump plans to void federal employee union contracts negotiated by the Biden administration, claiming they were intended to undermine his presidency. Trump argues that these last-minute agreements violate democratic principles and intends to negotiate new contracts. However, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) asserts that Trump is breaking legally binding agreements and vows to defend their contracts.
President Donald Trump said late Friday that he plans to nullify federal employee union contracts that agencies agreed to late in former President Joe Biden’s term.
The memo did not make clear his legal justification for nullifying existing union contracts. He referred to a 2010 Supreme Court decision that stated that a president “cannot choose to bind his successors by diminishing their powers.”“Therefore, it is the policy of the executive branch,” Trump proclaimed, that contracts negotiated within 30 days prior to a presidential inauguration “shall not be approved.”“If our contracts are violated, we will aggressively defend them.
the weekend before Trump appointed a new Republican chair. Such late agreements appear to be the sort Trump is looking to wipe out early in his tenure.of Trump’s first presidency, and he’s quickly picking up where he left off.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES UNION CONTRACTS DONALD TRUMP BIDEN ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE ORDERS
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