Trump Administration Sues to Void Union Deals Across Government

Donald Trump’s administration moved to invalidate contracts between a swath of US government agencies and the largest federal union representing their employees, marking a sweeping attack on collective bargaining rights as the president aims to lay off government workers.

In a lawsuit by the Justice Department, the Defense Department and other US agencies, the administration said that collective bargaining agreements reached with local chapters of the American Federation of Government Employees before Trump took office are impeding his efforts to reform the government and pose a threat to national security.