Restrict federal collective bargaining

Project 2025 recommends reinstating Trump-era executive orders restricting aspects of federal collective bargaining. Executive Order 14251 excluded designated agencies and subdivisions from collective-bargaining requirements on national-security grounds.

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All were revoked by the Biden Administration and should be reinstated by the next Administration.

Chapter: 3 · Central Personnel Agencies: Managing the Bureaucracy
Author: Donald Devine; Dennis Dean Kirk; Paul Dans
Department: Federal personnel management
Printed page: 81–82
PDF page: 113–114
Preview published: August 16, 2026

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Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative PromiseThe Heritage Foundation · Project 2025 Text · p. 81–82