FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Matt Dorsey
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September 16, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) is proud to endorse the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), bipartisan legislation that would restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers targeted by an executive order signed in March that unilaterally denied one million civil servants of their union rights on the basis of national security.
“Trump’s Executive Order, which aims to eliminate collective bargaining at many federal agencies, is the biggest assault on working people that we have ever seen in this country,” said NFFE National President Randy Erwin. “Collective bargaining in the federal sector is not a threat to national security. It never has been, and it never will be. We have more than 60 years of union representation among federal workers, under both Republicans and Democrats, that proves it.”
The bill is a companion to legislation with the same title in the House of Representatives, where a bipartisan majority of lawmakers have cosigned in favor. While Speaker Johnson has refused to bring the bill to the house floor, NFFE and our allies are urging members to sign on to a discharge petition, which would force a vote on the legislation.
“NFFE is proud to endorse the Protect America’s Workforce Act, which will restore union rights for over one million civil servants,” continued Erwin. “The union busting executive order signed by President Trump in March has proven to be detrimental to federal workers and the essential services they provide to the American people every day. This legislation has garnered broad bipartisan support in the House of Representatives and will surely do the same in the Senate. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle understand that if this bill is not passed into law, their constituents will suffer the consequences. Thank you to Senator Warner and the initial cosponsors of the legislation for their leadership on this critical issue.”