US EditionFederal Bureau of Prisons moves to end union protections for its workers
The Bureau of Prisons canceled collective bargaining for 35,000 workers under a Trump executive order, aiming to improve safety and efficiency by removing union barriers, officials said.
- On Thursday, Director William K. Marshall III announced the Federal Bureau of Prisons canceled its collective bargaining agreement, stripping union rights while assuring protections under federal civil service law.
- Following similar steps at DHS, the Bureau of Prisons acted to strip workers of union rights after President Donald Trump signed an executive order exempting certain agencies from collective bargaining.
- The Bureau oversees about 155,000 inmates and nearly 35,000 employees and faces a $3 billion repair backlog with more than 4,000 unusable beds.
- Workers will see union dues stop being collected and employees lose union representation during meetings, while Brandy Moore-White, Council of Prison Locals president, warned this jeopardizes safety and livelihoods.
- An Associated Press investigation found rampant sexual abuse, escapes, contraband flow and widespread criminal activity by employees in the Bureau of Prisons.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons terminates collective bargaining agreement with AFGE
Over 30,000 federal correctional officers have lost their collective bargaining abilities, after the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Thursday evening that it was ending its union contract with the American Federation of Government Employees, “effective immediately.” The agency’s announcement comes in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump, directing most agencies to cancel their union contracts and terminate collective barg…
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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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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