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Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights

The president, who has targeted collective bargaining contracts for nearly one million government employees, has said their functions touch on national security.

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Edwin Osorio, president of Local 3369, the union representing the Social Security Administration, speaking at a news conference in New York last month.
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Year Will End With 300,000 Fewer Federal Workers, Trump Official Says

The reduction would be the largest single-year decline in civilian federal employment since World War II.

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Scott Kupor, the Office of Personnel Management director, said that most of the reductions had already occurred and did not come from layoffs.
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Federal workers’ health plan will stop covering transition surgery and hormone treatment.

The change is in line with other Trump administration policies that seek to reverse transgender rights.

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The Trump administration said that federal health plans will not cover costs associated with some gender transition services.
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Housing Agency to Offer Material Only in English, Official Says

The change at the Department of Housing and Urban Development could make it hard for speakers of other languages to access federal services.

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Andrew D. Hughes, the deputy secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Department, said the agency would no longer have contracts for translation services for documents or communications.
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