Government workers are ‘canary in coalmine’ for Trump bid to gut union rights, leaders warn

Administration has stripped hundreds of thousands of their union contracts as White House says it is just getting started

The Trump administration has unilaterally stripped hundreds of thousands of federal workers of their union contracts after a federal appeals court overruled an injunction which halted the plans. It is just getting started, according to the White House.

An executive order issued in March sought to cancel all collective bargaining agreements for most federal employees, citing national security concerns - and remove collective bargaining rights from more than a million workers.