We celebrate Labor Day this year under the shadow of one of the greatest ongoing attacks on union rights in this nation’s history.

In March, President Trump signed an executive order intended to strip nearly 1 million federal employees of their union rights at multiple agencies.

Over the last month, the Trump administration has started to implement the president’s union-busting executive order by unilaterally and unlawfully terminating union contracts at the Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Union rights provide federal employees a way to improve their workplaces and report wrongdoing. The loss of union rights, therefore, not only impacts federal employees, but also the American people, who depend on the federal government and the services it provides.

That is why, on this Labor Day, we are calling on Congress to immediately pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act.

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