US Edition20 Republicans vote with Democrats to repeal Trump order ending union rights at federal agencies
The House voted 231-195 to overturn Trump’s executive orders, restoring bargaining rights for about 1 million federal employees with bipartisan support.
- On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protect America's Workforce Act 231 to 195, with 20 Republicans joining Democrats.
- Amid the orders' broad scope, President Donald Trump's March executive order sought to exempt agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs, EPA, DOJ, and later NASA, USAGM, and NOAA, from collective bargaining.
- By filing a discharge petition, Jared Golden forced a House vote that met the 218 signatures requirement from the full Democratic caucus plus five Republicans, while a Wednesday vote won support from 13 Republicans and a later step drew 22 Republicans.
- The GOP-controlled Senate is unlikely to act, and the measure needs President Donald Trump's signature; organized labor advanced the bill as a backstop while rebuking House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., with moderate Republicans opposing the union-stripping push.
- AFL‑CIO president Liz Shuler thanked Jared Golden and Brian Fitzpatrick for securing a `rare bipartisan majority` as the Supreme Court conservative supermajority complicates legal remedies and 200,000 federal employees face displacement in the reshaped administrative state.
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Stauber votes to nullify anti-union executive order, breaking with GOP, Trump
The congressman from Hermantown was one of 20 Republicans to vote to reverse a Trump executive order and restore collective bargaining agreements for an estimated 1 million federal employees.
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House Passes Bill to Undo Trump Order to End Federal Workers’ Bargaining Rights
The House has voted on a bipartisan basis to restore labor rights to 1 million federal workers after President Donald Trump yanked them away in an executive order earlier this year, in a rare show of defiance against the president by over a dozen GOP members. In a 231 to 195 vote on Thursday afternoon, the House passed the Protect America’s Workforce Act, which would nullify Trump’s orders in… Source
House Republicans Cross Aisle to Advance Bill Restoring Federal Workers’ Union Rights
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to reverse President Trump’s executive orders stripping 1 million unionized federal workers at 40 federal agencies of their collective bargaining rights. Twenty Republicans joined Democrats to send the legislation to the Senate, over the objections of House Republican leaders who opposed the bill. Randy Erwin, president of the National Federation of Federal Employees, wrote, “The president cannot unila…
House votes to restore federal workers’ collective bargaining rights
Labor movement lauds bipartisan victory underlining the public’s overwhelming support for unions WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 12, 2025) — A bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 2550) Thursday, a resounding rebuke of a union-busting executive order signed by the President in March. The bill that would […] The post House votes to restore federal workers’ collective bargaining ri…
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