The following story comes from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).

More than 30,000 federal correctional officers and support staff are the latest casualties of the Trump administration’s unrelenting efforts to strip federal workers of their collective bargaining rights.

On Sept. 25, Federal Bureau of Prisons Director William Marshall notified AFGE’s Council of Prison Locals that he was terminating the collective bargaining agreement covering the more than 30,000 agency employees nationwide represented by our union, effective immediately. BOP workers were included in President Trump’s March executive order stripping more than 1 million federal workers of their collective bargaining rights, but the agency had not terminated its collective bargaining agreement until now.

Council of Prison Locals President Brandy Moore White strongly condemned the action.

“This is not just an attack on our union — it is an attack on every federal employee who serves this country with dedication and sacrifice. The Collective Bargaining Agreement is the foundation that ensures fair treatment, workplace protections, and a voice for our staff. Removing it undermines the very principles of fairness and democracy in the workplace,” Moore White said.

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