This Act nullifies a specific Executive Order regarding federal labor relations while ensuring the validity of existing collective bargaining agreements until their expiration.
Jared Golden
Representative
ME-2
The Protect America's Workforce Act nullifies a specific Executive Order concerning exclusions from federal labor-management relations programs, immediately voiding its legal power and halting federal spending to enforce it. This legislation also ensures that all existing collective bargaining agreements between federal agencies and unions remain valid until their original expiration dates.
Federal Labor Bill Voids Specific 2025 Executive Order, Protects All Existing Union Contracts
The “Protect America’s Workforce Act” is one of those bills that looks simple on paper but packs a punch in the world of federal employment. It’s essentially a clean-up operation designed to stabilize labor relations for hundreds of thousands of government workers.
The Immediate Nullification
First up, this Act immediately nullifies a specific Executive Order (EO) titled “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” which was issued on March 27, 2025 (SEC. 2). Nullifying an EO means it’s wiped off the books as if it never happened. If you’re a federal employee, this means whatever changes or exclusions that EO introduced to your labor rights—like maybe carving out certain groups of workers from union protections—are gone. The bill also makes sure that no federal money can be spent trying to enforce or carry out the rules of that now-canceled EO, effectively killing it financially as well as legally.
Protecting the Paperwork Already Signed
The second major piece of this bill is all about contracts already in place. It guarantees that if a federal agency and a labor union had a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that was active as of March 26, 2025, that CBA remains completely valid until its original expiration date (SEC. 3). Think of it like this: if you’re a unionized worker and your contract covers your pay, benefits, and working conditions for the next three years, this bill ensures that contract can’t be immediately tossed out or renegotiated just because of this new legislation.
What This Means for Federal Workers
For federal employees, especially those represented by a union, this bill provides significant certainty. It removes the instability created by the specific EO issued on March 27, 2025, and ensures that the existing agreements they rely on for job security and working conditions—like shift schedules for a TSA agent or remote work policies for an analyst—are protected and will run their full course. This protection is a big deal because it prevents sudden, disruptive changes to established workplace rules. Since the bill is highly specific about the EO being canceled and the dates for contract protection, there’s very little left vague; the law is clear about what stays and what goes.