{"id":17320,"date":"2018-09-27T13:44:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T13:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/27\/trump-appeals-judges-decision-to-overturn-union-executive-orders\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:38:15","slug":"trump-appeals-judges-decision-to-overturn-union-executive-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/09\/27\/trump-appeals-judges-decision-to-overturn-union-executive-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump appeals judge\u2019s decision to overturn anti-union executive orders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case of whether three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2018\/05\/25\/trump-targets-feds-in-latest-series-of-executive-orders\/\" target=_blank>executive orders signed by President Donald Trump<\/a> in May 2018 overstep presidential authority is going to the D.C. Circuit Court, as Department of Justice officials filed Sept. 25 to appeal a prior ruling overturning much of the orders\u2019 substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The executive orders cut back on the amount of time federal employees could use for union duties, while calling for the renegotiation of agency contracts with unions and making it easier for those agencies to fire poor performing employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some federal agencies soon began evicting unions from their office spaces, as the orders also instructed federal officials that unions could no longer use government property for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/07\/23\/ssa-violates-discipline-rules-after-employee-protests-union-crackdown\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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