Trump Signs Orders Cracking Down on Federal Workers' Unions
- Order limits time spent on union duties, charges unions rent
- Follows wave of GOP-backed state laws limiting public unions
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President Donald Trump signed executive orders restricting the activities of unions that represent many of the U.S. government’s 2.1 million employees, the White House said.
One of the three orders signed on Friday limits the amount of official time federal employees can spend on union duties to no more than 25 percent. It also requires the federal government to start charging union members rent for using space in federal buildings, to stop paying employees for the cost of lobbying the federal government, and to more aggressively negotiate union contracts.