{"id":22878,"date":"2018-06-13T18:29:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T18:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/13\/republicans-to-trump-axe-fed-targeting-executive-orders\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:57:59","slug":"republicans-to-trump-axe-fed-targeting-executive-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2018\/06\/13\/republicans-to-trump-axe-fed-targeting-executive-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems join call for Trump to axe fed-targeting executive orders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of President Donald Trump\u2019s own party called out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2018\/05\/25\/trump-targets-feds-in-latest-series-of-executive-orders\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">recent executive orders targeting federal employee unions<\/a>, due process and official time use as an attempt to undermine existing law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The executive orders, signed May 25, make it easier for agencies to fire federal employees under investigation for misconduct while calling for the renegotiation of agency contracts with employee unions. They also limit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2018\/05\/25\/official-time-use-vital-for-feds-or-a-waste-of-time\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">use of official time<\/a>, which allows federal employees to conduct union activities such as representing employees in disputes and negotiating contracts with the agency, to no more than 25 percent of an employees work time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are concerned that the recent executive orders embark on a path that will undo many of the long-standing principles protected by law, which establish checks and balances not only in the federal workplace but for the American public,\u201d wrote 21 Republican members of the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afge.org\/globalassets\/documents\/executive-orders\/congressional-letter-to-president-trump---recent-executive-orders-on-government-employees.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">in a letter to the president<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe that the three executive orders undermine existing labor laws and we ask that you rescind them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The representatives\u2019 open opposition to the executive orders is significant, as House Democrats have already expressed strong opposition to the infringement on the collective bargaining and official time use of federal employees. The new letter marks a solid bipartisan opposition to the new executive orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of the letter\u2019s signers represent federal employee-dense districts and face reelection in November 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs members representing a significant number of hard-working federal employees and retirees, we urge you to uphold the current law and long-standing federal labor statutes that protect America\u2019s civil service from discrimination, unfair treatment and sexual harassment,\u201d the representatives wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legality of the executive orders has already been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2018\/05\/31\/union-sues-trump-over-fed-targeting-executive-order\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">challenged in court by federal employee unions<\/a>, and the letter\u2019s assertion that the orders undermine labor laws provides support for that case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A coalition of 13 unions representing federal employees filed an additional suit June 13, claiming that the three executive orders violate \u201cthe rights of government workers to be represented by unions in their workplaces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J. 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