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Federal Bureau of Prisons moves to end union protections for its workers
The Bureau of Prisons will cancel its collective bargaining agreement under a Trump executive order affecting federal labor protections for 35,000 employees nationwide.
- On Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons canceled its collective bargaining agreement and stripped workers of union rights; Director William K. Marshall III told Brandy Moore-White the union was `an obstacle to progress instead of a partner in it`.
- After a March executive order by President Donald Trump, the Department of Homeland Security ended collective bargaining with Transportation Security Administration employees amid a broader administrative push.
- With an annual budget of more than $8.5 billion, the Bureau operates 122 facilities, houses about 155,000 inmates, employs nearly 35,000 staff, and faces severe staff hazards.
- Marshall emphasized that employees will retain protections under federal civil service law, including job security and whistleblower rights, while Brandy Moore-White warned the move risks worker safety and livelihoods.
- Years of understaffing have left the Justice Department's largest employer relying on long overtime shifts and non-guard staff to supervise inmates as the bureau's mission expanded to include thousands of immigration detainees.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons moves to end union protections for its workers
The federal Bureau of Prisons it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights, the latest move by the Trump administration to gut labor protections for federal employees.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons moves to end union protections for its worke
The federal Bureau of Prisons said Thursday it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights, the latest move by the Trump administration to gut labor protections for federal employees. Director William K. Marshall III told the agency’s nearly 35,000 employees that the union, the Council of Prison Locals, had become “an obstacle to progress instead of a partner in it.” The contract, he said, “…
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