A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that a labor union says would cancel collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees.U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled that a key part of President Donald Trump맥스카지노�s March 27 order can맥스카지노�t be enforced at roughly three dozen agencies and departments where employees are represented by the National Treasury Employees Union.The union, which represents nearly 160,000 federal government employees workers, sued to challenge Trump맥스카지노�s order. The union said it would lose more than half of its revenue and over two-thirds of its membership if the judge denied its request for a preliminary injunction.Friedman said he would issue an opinion in several days to explain his two-page order. The ruling isn't the final word in the lawsuit. He gave the attorneys until May 2 to submit a proposal for how the case should proceed.Union president Doreen Greenwald said the judge's order is 맥스카지노�a victory for federal employees, their union rights and the American people they serve.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�The preliminary injunction granted at NTEU맥스카지노�s request means the collective bargaining rights of federal employees will remain intact and the administration맥스카지노�s unlawful agenda to silence the voices of federal employees and dismantle unions is blocked,맥스카지노� Greenwald said in a statement.Some agencies, including the FBI, are exempt from a law requiring federal agencies to bargain with labor organizations over employment matters. Presidents can apply the exemption to agencies that have a 맥스카지노�primary function맥스카지노� of performing intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative or national security work.But no president before Trump tried to use the national security exemption to exclude an entire cabinet-level agency from the law맥스카지노�s requirements, according to the employees맥스카지노� union. It said Trump맥스카지노�s order is designed to facilitate mass firings and exact 맥스카지노�political vengeance맥스카지노� against federal unions opposed to his agenda.맥스카지노�The President맥스카지노�s use of the Statute맥스카지노�s narrow national security exemption to undo the bulk of the Statute맥스카지노�s coverage is plainly at odds with Congress맥스카지노�s expressed intent,맥스카지노� union attorneys wrote.Government lawyers argued that the court order requested by the union would interfere with the president맥스카지노�s duty to ensure federal workers are prepared to help protect national security.맥스카지노�It is vital that agencies with a primary purpose of national security are responsive and accountable to the American people.맥스카지노� Justice Department attorneys wrote.The IRS is the largest bargaining unit represented by the National Treasury Employees Union. A day after Trump signed his order, the administration sued a union chapter in Kentucky to seek a ruling that it can terminate the collective bargaining agreement for the IRS.The union says the administration has 맥스카지노�effectively conceded맥스카지노� that its members don맥스카지노�t do national security work. The union members affected by the executive order also include employees of the Health and Human Services Department, the Energy Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Communications Commission.The union said it will lose approximately $25 million in dues revenue over the next year. Some agencies, it says, already have stopped deducting union dues from employees맥스카지노� pay.맥스카지노�In the absence of preliminary injunctive relief, NTEU may no longer be able to exist in a manner that is meaningful to the federal workers for whom it fights,맥스카지노� union lawyers wrote.Government attorneys argued that the courts typically defer to the president맥스카지노�s judgment on national security matters.맥스카지노�Executive actions that are facially valid 맥스카지노� that is, within the lawful authority of the executive 맥스카지노� are entitled to a presumption of regularity,맥스카지노� they wrote.