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Protect Federal Workers' Rights
Recent Bills/Protect Federal Workers' Rights

Protect Federal Workers' Rights

IntroducedApril 1, 2025
In the Senate11 months ago
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Labor and EmploymentEmployment discrimination and employee rightsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementLabor-management relationsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
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Why This Matters

This bill removes a rule that restricted how federal employees can work with their unions?. It helps protect the rights of these workers to negotiate their work conditions.

If you are a federal employee, your ability to negotiate work conditions with your union will stay intact.
Who this affects
Federal employees · Unions
What this bill changes
  1. 1This bill cancels a recent Executive Order? that limited labor-management relations? for federal employees.
  2. 2No federal funds can be used to enforce the canceled Executive Order.
  3. 3Existing collective bargaining? agreements for federal employees will remain valid until their agreed terms end.

The debate

The case for

Congress gave federal workers bargaining rights decades ago, and an order took them away.

Rep. Debbie DingellVoted yes
vs

The case against

Union rules should not slow national security agencies when lives are at stake.

Rep. Andy BiggsVoted no

Go deeper

Read the detailed summary

Protect America's Workforce Act This bill nullifies the Executive Order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs (issued on March 27, 2025), which excludes specified executive agencies and subdivisions from the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The statute authorizes federal employees' participation in collective bargaining and enforces collective bargaining rights. The bill also specifies that a covered collective bargaining agreement in place as of March 26, 2025, shall have full force and effect through the stated term of the agreement.

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A bill has to pass the House and Senate, then go to the President.
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IntroducedApr 1, 2025
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HouseDec 11, 2025

Passed 231 to 195.

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Arrived in the Senate.

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Donald Trump
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Related Bills
Related bill
House Bill · HRES 432
2 of 2 · Adopted
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, and for other purposes.
Votes232194
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House Bill · HR 1723
1 of 4 · Introduced
Protects Tribal Labor Rights on Reservations
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2025
·Economy
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House Bill · HB 1024 (AR)
1 of 4 · Introduced
Allows Public Employees to Unionize
To Amend The Law Concerning Public Employees; And To Repeal The Law Prohibiting Collective Bargaining.
·Government