Arizona’s Kris Mayes is among almost two dozen attorneys general throwing their support behind a legal challenge filed by the largest union of federal workers in the U.S.
An executive order signed by President Trump earlier this year strips collective bargaining rights from more than a million federal employees at more than two dozen agencies.
And last month, union contracts were officially severed with several chapters of the American Federation of Government Employees — or AFGE — the largest union for federal workers in the country.
Union representatives use collective bargaining to vie for better conditions. The administration argues that process is a threat to national security — though law enforcement unions like the one for the Border Patrol were not affected.
In an amicus brief filed Friday, Mayes and other attorneys general argue the move is an illegal attempt to punish labor unions for engaging in speech deemed hostile to the administration’s agenda.
