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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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