Trump strips union rights from NASA, Patent Office and National Weather Service staff

President Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding a March directive that nullifies collective‑bargaining protections for employees at several federal agencies, including NASA, the Patent Office and the National Weather Service. The order removes the ability of affected federal workers to organize unions and sharply limits bargaining rights.

Discovered 2025-08-28T13:39:26.998548-07:00 | 2025-08-28T13:39:26.998548-07:00

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The order removes collective‑bargaining and unionization rights for NASA, the Patent Office and National Weather Service employees, altering labor protections for agencies that provide critical aerospace, space and weather capabilities.
The move comes amid the administration's broader push to reshape NASA, including a budget blueprint seeking deep cuts to NASA's funding and a proposal to cut nearly a third of NASA's workforce, increasing near‑term staffing and program uncertainty.
It aligns with other executive actions targeting space regulation, such as a draft order to slash NEPA reviews for commercial rocket launches, signaling a broader shift in federal oversight affecting launch cadence and industry permitting.

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