DHS Axes Union Contract for Security Unit, Chemical Inspectors

Aug. 13, 2025, 10:02 PM UTC

The Department of Homeland Security scrapped another contract with an employee union, the latest hit on federal worker rights as agencies cancel collective bargaining agreements in the name of national security.

Officials for the American Federation of Government Employees Local 918, which represents employees in DHS’s Federal Protective Service and chemical security inspectors at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, received notice late last week that their contract was canceled, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg Government.

The memo, which said the termination was “effective immediately,” cited President Donald Trump‘s March executive order that said worker unions conflicted ...

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