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Reuters
2 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
China-based Hesai appeals ruling over US linking firm to Chinese military
WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - China-based lidar manufacturer Hesai Group (ZN80y.F), opens new tab appealed a ruling on Monday upholding a U.S. government decision to add it to a list of companies allegedly working with Beijing's military. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington ruled on Friday that the Defense Department's finding that Hesai contributes to the Chinese defense industrial base is supported by substantial evidence reflecting lidar's military application, national security concerns around Chinese lidar makers and Hesai's cooperation with Chinese agencies. Hesai said it appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Reuters
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Court gives go-ahead to Trump's plan to halt union bargaining for many federal workers
May 16 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court lifted an order on Friday that blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the ability to unionize and collectively bargain over working conditions. A 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit put on hold, opens new tab an injunction a judge issued at the behest of the National Treasury Employees Union that had blocked implementation of an executive order Trump issued in March. The union and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the ruling. Trump's order exempted more than a dozen federal agencies from obligations to bargain with unions. They include the departments of Justice, State, Defense, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services. The union, which represents about 160,000 federal employees, argued the order violates federal workers' labor rights and the Constitution. But the appeals court's majority said the union had failed to show it would suffer the type of irreparable harm that would justify the preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman on April 25. U.S. Circuit Judge Karen Henderson, an appointee of Republican President George H.W. Bush, and Justin Walker, whom Trump appointed in his first term, said the injunction, if allowed to remain in effect, would also impede Trump's national-security prerogatives. Trump relied on a national security exemption to exempt agencies that he said "have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work." "Preserving the President's autonomy under a statute that expressly recognizes his national-security expertise is within the public interest," the appeal's court majority wrote. U.S. Circuit Judge J. Michelle Childs, an appointee of Trump's Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, dissented, saying the Trump administration had presented only "vague assertions" about potential interference with national security functions to justify its request for a stay of Friedman's decision. Trump's order affects about 75% of the roughly 1 million federal workers represented by unions, according to court filings. NTEU has said the order applies to about 100,000 of its members. The executive order significantly expanded an exception from collective bargaining for workers with duties affecting national security, such as certain employees of the CIA and FBI. The Trump administration has filed separate lawsuits seeking to invalidate existing union contracts covering thousands of workers.
Toronto Star
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Star
Trump can't strip Foreign Service workers of their collective bargaining rights, judge says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Wednesday to temporarily block the Trump administration from stripping Foreign Service employees of their collective bargaining rights. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman granted a federal labor union's request for a preliminary injunction that, while its lawsuit against the government is pending, stops the Republican administration from implementing a key portion of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Judge blocks Trump admin from nixing union bargaining rights
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump's administration from nixing bargaining rights for thousands of federal workers through an executive order the commander-in-chief signed last month. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled that Trump's March 27 executive order is unlawful, handing a short-term win to the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), which represents around 160,000 federal workers. 'An opinion explaining the court's reasoning will be issued within the next few days,' Friedman said in a Friday two-page order, granting a temporary injunction that blocks the order from being enforced. The order would limit several departments' workers from being able to unionize and would direct the government to stop doing any collective bargaining. When rolling out the order last month, the administration said the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 permits government employees to unionize, 'enables hostile Federal unions to obstruct agency management.' NTEU's president Doreen Greenwald welcomed the judge's ruling, writing that it is a win for federal workers, 'union rights and the American people they serve.' 'The preliminary injunction granted at NTEU's request means the collective bargaining rights of federal employees will remain intact and the administration's illegal agenda to sideline the voices of federal employees and dismantle unions is blocked,' Greenwald said in a statement on Friday. 'NTEU will continue to use every tool available to protect federal employees and the valuable services they provide from these hostile attacks on their jobs, their agencies and their legally protected rights to organize,' the union's president added. Trump and the administration have argued that the executive order is necessary to shore up national security, while the union has said that some of the departments mentioned in the directive and their employees do not do any national security work. 'The OPM Guidance on the Executive Order shows that a significant motivation for the President's mass exclusion of agencies from the Statute's coverage is to make their employees easier to fire,' the union's attorneys previously said in court filings. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
27-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Judge blocks Trump admin from nixing union bargaining rights
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump's administration from nixing bargaining rights for thousands of federal workers through an executive order the commander-in-chief signed last month. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled that Trump's March 27 executive order is unlawful, handing a short-term win to the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), which represents around 160,000 federal workers. 'An opinion explaining the court's reasoning will be issued within the next few days,' Friedman said in a Friday two-page order, granting a temporary injunction that blocks the order from being enforced. The order would limit several departments' workers from being able to unionize and would direct the government to stop doing any collective bargaining. When rolling out the order last month, the administration said the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 permits government employees to unionize, 'enables hostile Federal unions to obstruct agency management.' NTEU's president Doreen Greenwald welcomed the judge's ruling, writing that it is a win for federal workers, 'union rights and the American people they serve.' 'The preliminary injunction granted at NTEU's request means the collective bargaining rights of federal employees will remain intact and the administration's illegal agenda to sideline the voices of federal employees and dismantle unions is blocked,' Greenwald said in a statement on Friday. 'NTEU will continue to use every tool available to protect federal employees and the valuable services they provide from these hostile attacks on their jobs, their agencies and their legally protected rights to organize,' the union's president added. Trump and the administration have argued that the executive order is necessary to shore up national security, while the union has said that some of the departments mentioned in the directive and their employees do not do any national security work. 'The OPM Guidance on the Executive Order shows that a significant motivation for the President's mass exclusion of agencies from the Statute's coverage is to make their employees easier to fire,' the union's attorneys previously said in court filings.
