Treasury Terminates IRS, Fiscal Service Union Contracts

The United States===United States Department of the Treasury has terminated collective bargaining agreements with unionized workers at the United States===Internal Revenue Service and the United States===Bureau of the Fiscal Service. This action is an escalation of President Donald Trump's initiative to exert greater control over the federal workforce, based on an executive order he signed last March. The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents these workers, has challenged the executive order in court. While a D.C. court issued a preliminary injunction against the government, it was stayed pending appeal. A recent decision by the United States===United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has cleared the way for the implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order. National Treasury Employees Union, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, stated that the United States===Internal Revenue Service cannot unilaterally end its contract, citing federal labor statutes.