Protect America's Workforce Act
This bill preserves union representation and collective bargaining rights for federal government workers. It overturns a March 2025 executive order that excluded certain agencies and workers from federal labor programs, while forbidding any federal funds from being spent to carry it out. In addition, the legislation guarantees that all existing union agreements between federal agencies and their employees remain legally binding through their original expiration dates.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Federal employee unionsSec. 2 nullifies an executive order that excluded workers from labor-management relations programs, and Sec. 3 protects union contracts active on March 26, 2025, guaranteeing they remain in full effect for their entire agreed terms.
- Federal employeesSec. 2 overturns an executive order that excluded certain employees from federal labor-management relations programs, restoring their coverage, while Sec. 3 preserves the terms of existing collective bargaining agreements.
Who it burdens
- Executive branch federal agenciesSec. 3 requires agencies to keep all collective bargaining agreements active as of March 26, 2025, in full force for their stated terms, and Sec. 2 bars them from spending any funds to carry out the March 27, 2025, executive order.
The provisions, in plain language.
Cancels the March 27, 2025, presidential executive order excluding certain federal workers from labor-management relations programs and bans spending federal funds to carry it out.
Requires union contracts between federal agencies and federal employee unions active as of March 26, 2025, to remain fully in effect for the entire length of their agreed terms.