Presidents should be able to end federal collective bargaining rights by executive order

The scope of authority held by the American president over the executive branch, the military, federal spending and the enforcement of law. Tested through executive orders, emergency declarations and removals of officials, and checked, or not, by Congress and the federal courts.

Federal Judge Vernon D. Oliver’s September 29, 2026, preliminary injunction ordered the Bureau of Prisons to restore its collective-bargaining agreement with the Council of Prison Locals, which the agency had terminated. The injunction restores local agreements through the contract’s May 28, 2029, expiration.