Judge Restores Federal Worker Labor Pacts in Blow to Trump (2)

The Trump administration must recognize union rights and collective bargaining agreements for a large portion of federal employees after a federal judge blocked a March executive order that sought to strip them.

Government officials are barred from implementing nearly all of President Donald Trump’s March 27 directive, Judge Paul Friedman of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said Friday in granting a preliminary injunction. The order restores labor rights for workers at the departments of State, Defense, Justice, and Treasury, along with dozens of other agencies and subagencies.

The ruling is a blow to the administration, which ...