Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Court concludes that EO purporting to eliminate collective bargaining rights of suing federal employees is unlawful as applied, (Oct 2, 2025)
Organizations Mentioned:Office of Personnel Management | U.S. Coast Guard
By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.
The court granted the unions’ motion for a preliminary injunction.
Yesterday, a federal district court in the District of Columbia issued an order following up on an announcement made in open court granting a group of unions representing federal employees a motion for a preliminary injunction against implementation of Executive Order No. 14251, issued by Trump on March 27, 2025, as well as the Office of Personnel Management’s guidance related to that order.
Judge Paul Friedman concluded that both the EO and the guidance were “unlawful as applied” to the plaintiffs’ bargaining units and all employees in those units. Included are units from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Coast Guard (Department of Homeland Security), and the Department of Energy.
Previously, Judge Friedman likewise ruled against the lawfulness of the EO in National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump, No. 25-0935 (PLF) (D.D.C. Apr. 28, 2025) and Federal Education Association v. Trump, No. 25-1362 (PLF) (D.D.C. Aug. 14, 2025).
The case is No. 1:25-cv-02445-PLF.
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