They decried what they say are union and democracy-busting executive orders signed by President Trump. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)A federal judge late Friday dealt a victory to federal employees and the unions that represent them, invalidating overnight key provisions of a series of Trump administration executive orders aimed at making it easier to fire employees and weaken the unions. The overnight ruling by U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in Washington was a setback to the White House’s efforts to rein in the power of federal unions. Though federal employees’ pay is set by Congress, their unions have retained significant power even as private-sector unions have been in decline. The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest of the dozen unions to sue the administration over the executive orders, applauded the ruling.

Source: Washington Post August 25, 2018 16:08 UTC