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A district judge hedged on whether he planned to grant a request from two federal employee unions to block President Donald Trump’s executive order nullifying their collective bargaining agreements, saying the case was more complicated than other union lawsuits where he issued injunctions.
Unions for employees at two federal agencies are the next to attempt to convince a district judge to temporarily block President Donald Trump‘s cancellation of their collective bargaining agreements, despite previous union wins being quickly unwound on appeal.
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The Trump administration is asking a District of Columbia federal judge to cancel an upcoming hearing over a bid to block an executive order ending the collective bargaining rights of two unions representing employees at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the National Weather Service.
Citing the ongoing federal government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asked the court to vacate the Nov. 14 oral argument date, which would cover a preliminary injunction motion from the National Weather Service Employees Organization and the Patent Office Professional Association.
The government's Friday motion, which came hours after U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman set the hearing date, says the timing "is highly prejudicial to the government," given the shutdown. The government said it only has so many litigation resources — a situation that "pertains to both Department of Justice attorneys as well as agency subject matter experts who will need to be consulted."