As part of President Trump’s March 27 executive order (EO) seeking to end union representation and collective bargaining for dozens of agencies across the federal government, the administration has taken further steps to silence the voice of federal employees. The obvious goal: to prevent NTEU from fighting for you. As of late last week, the National Finance Center, DOI’s Interior Business Center, and Defense Finance and Accounting Service all ceased collecting dues from NTEU members in agencies covered by the EO.
These actions are intended to weaken NTEU and stop the fight we bring to uphold the law and restore your rights under our collective bargaining agreements. They believe if they stop us, they can continue the reckless assault on vital federal agency services, attacks on federal employees and the civil service, unimpeded. But we will never back down or let that happen. NTEU will stand strong together. We continue to fight the EO to restore your rights in court, including your right to voluntarily pay dues to NTEU as a member through payroll deduction, to ensure our fight remains funded and strong. A hearing on NTEU’s request for emergency relief on this issue will take place on April 23. We expect to have a ruling shortly thereafter.
We are also working on contingency options if that court case proves unsuccessful for any reason. We will share more information with you when we are able. NTEU will never stop fighting these illegal actions so the federal workforce can continue to protect and preserve our nation with dignity and respect.