Trump-appointed judge tosses White House lawsuit against labor unions

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Politico

07/23/2025 09:44 PM EDT


A Trump-appointed judge on Wednesday dealt a blow to the White House’s bid to kick out labor unions from an array of federal agencies. Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas said that the Trump administration lacks the legal standing necessary to pursue the case it filed against the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest labor union representing federal workers.

The lawsuit was a preemptive strike against AFGE and other public-sector unions, seeking to nullify collective bargaining agreements that interfered with White House goals. It was submitted shortly after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March stripping hundreds of thousands of government workers of unionization rights by vastly expanding the use of a national security exemption in federal labor law to cover agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and Agriculture Department.

In the complaint, eight of the agencies claimed that the Biden administration entered into “midnight” deals with labor unions aimed at hamstringing its successor. They asked the court for an affirmative blessing in order to invalidate the collective bargaining agreements — a request that Albright said was something the court “should not and could not do.”

“This Court is unable to identify a single instance in which a federal court has exercised jurisdiction over agencies seeking a pre-enforcement declaratory judgment approving their desired future course of conduct,” Albright wrote in a 27-page ruling Wednesday.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/23/trump-judge-tosses-white-house-lawsuit-labor-unions-00473399

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Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172831290/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172831290.72.0.pdf



(as a former member, VP of, and then President of the AFGE local at my workplace back in the day)

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Ronald Reagan was successful in breaking up the Unions. TACO thinks he can too?

Good on the AFGE for fighting back!

[3825-87867]

2. These attacks and law suits against

unions and federal organizations are not the pervue of trump or miller. The Heritage Foundation along with Thiel and Leo have the legal advisors to really think about screewing America. Trump and miller aren't smart enough in politics nor economics to be doing this. It's The Heritage Traitors. Trump is their whore.
2028 Anti trust against a bevy of heretofore untouched groups.
Nuremberg 2!

[Fla Dem]

3. You are absolutely right.

While Trump has a slew of prejudices and hate for many organizations and ethnic groups, much of what he claims to be against is inspired and orchestrated by those outside the administration. The 3 you mention are clearly the "powers behind the throne".

[ancianita]

4. As a 35 year member of AFT Local #1...

solidarity forever!

Thanks for relaying the good news!