The bill's sponsors, Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., argue that these kinds of collective bargaining agreements harm worker efficiency and increase labor costs.
In an email press release on Thursday, the White House pointed to backing from the National Fraternal Order of Police, which threw its support behind the plan due to its labor provisions.
Mailee Smith, senior director of labor policy and staff attorney at the Illinois Policy Institute, said the SEIU
The UAW, one of the country's largest labor unions, said in a statement the tariffs will revive America’s auto industry by fixing “broken trade deals.”
Several labor unions and non-profit groups had filed the lawsuit last month.
In February, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem had stripped collective bargaining powers from unionized Transportation Security Officers, who are responsible for screening passengers, baggage, and cargo at airports.
The federal court ruled that the Labor Department's rule was "unconstitutional" because it conflicted with the National Labor Relations Act, which excluded farmworkers from the right to form unions.
Unions representing federal employees have been fighting back at every step, filing multiple challenges to Trump's executive orders to reshape the executive branch.
"Protest is not a crime, but our legal right," said the Union of Iranian Truckers and Heavy Vehicle Drivers.