Trump Appeals Order to Restore Federal Worker Union Contracts

The Trump administration told a California federal judge it’s asking an appeals court to reverse his order to restore collective bargaining rights for government workers in nearly two dozen agencies.

The administration filed a notice of appeal with Judge James Donato of the US District Court for the Northern District of California Thursday after the judge preliminarily enjoined it from enforcing an executive order.

President Donald Trump declared over 40 agencies and sub-agencies exempt from union protections in his order, including within the departments of Labor, State, Defense, Health and Human Services, Interior, and Education, among others.

Donato held June ...