President Donald Trump’s March 27 Executive Order: “Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs” used an obscure provision of Federal labor laws, which authorizes the president to exclude agencies from union collective bargaining if it is determined that those agencies primary work involves national security. Along with Homeland Security and other obvious national security concerns, Trump included the Department of Treasury as an agency involved in national security interests:

NEW: 75% of federal employees currently represented by a union lost that right tonight under an order signed by Trump.

Just 1 million workers were stripped of their collective bargaining rights. Their contracts have unilaterally been canceled. Expect this one to go to court

— Eric Katz (@EricM_Katz) March 28, 2025

The federal unions are basically which funnels millions of dollars, as well as political advocacy, through its dues-paying members. So, removing federal employee union membership is a blow the Democrat Party cannot afford. On March 31, the National Treasury Employees Union found a U.S. District Court judge to do their bidding, by issuing an injunction to block the executive order, claiming “irreparable harm”: 

The union, which represents nearly 160,000 federal government employees workers, sued to challenge Trump’s order. The union said it would lose more than half of its revenue and over two-thirds of its membership if the judge denied its request for a preliminary injunction.

A union losing revenue? Perish the thought. 

“Federal government unions…contribute large amounts of money and manpower to influence elections. Employees of these unions should not have their salaries paid by American taxpayers.”https://t.co/pIC0QkJLp3

— National Right to Work Committee (@Right2Work) April 9, 2025

THIS is the “irreparable harm,” the National Treasury Employees Union is trying to avoid:

Federal government public sector unions, by themselves, are a substantial force. Open Secrets magazine showed that dues mostly paid from U.S. national government salaries (some unions have state members also) constituted half or more of total public sector union political contributions. Again, Democrats received almost all of the funds, while Republican and conservative groups received little or even zero contributions.

A U.S. Court of Appeals panel did not see the union’s financial pains as an issue at hand. On Friday, a U.S. Court of Appeals overtuned the ruling:

In a 2-1 ruling Friday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman appeared to have erred last month when he froze Trump’s executive order on the subject.

The appeals court’s majority said there was insufficient evidence that the National Treasury Employees Union faced “irreparable harm” that would justify the preliminary injunction, Friedman said in his ruling.

The judges who ruled in favor also issued a velvet-gloved warning.

Judges Karen Henderson, a George H. W. Bush appointee, and Justin Walker, a Trump appointee, said the national security exception the president invoked in federal labor relations law is an added reason for courts to tread lightly.

“Preserving the President’s autonomy under a statute that expressly recognizes his national-security expertise is within the public interest,” Henderson and Walker wrote.

The National Treasury Employees Union and its ilk is one of the major ways the Deep State has remained entrenched, wrapping itself in red tape and restrictions that made it next to impossible for its employees to be removed. Trump’s executive order has leveled that barrier and now an appeals court has affirmed his authority to be… well, a president. We elect presidents to protect the national interest, and part of that role is to deem who and what falls under the purview of national security, as well as who he tasks to enact and protect those interests.

This is another huge blow to the Democrats, one that they certainly won’t take lightly.

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