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EMPLOYEES UNION SUES BOP TO REVERSE CANCELLATION
A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut challenges the BOP’s termination last September of collective bargaining rights with Council of Prison Locals 33, which represents over 85% of all BOP employees.The lawsuit asks the court to reverse the termination of collective bargaining.
The decision to terminate collective bargaining came after President Trump signed an executive order to end collective bargaining for agencies whose primary functions involve intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative or national security work.
The lawsuit argues the executive order did not require the BOP to cancel collective bargaining, and was “arbitrary and capricious,” retaliation against union speech and advocacy. The BOP claimed the union as “an obstacle to progress instead of a partner in it” when announcing the decision to terminate the CBA.
WHBF-TV, Federal lawsuit challenges termination of collective bargaining by U.S. Bureau of Prisons (November 14, 2025)
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