{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-helps-pass-bipartisan-legislation-to-restore-federal-workers-union-rights-0", "Pappas Helps Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Federal Workers\u2019 Union Rights", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Chris Pappas", "P000614", "pappas.house.gov", "pappas", "https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass the Protect America\u2019s Workforce Act (PAWA), bipartisan legislation to repeal a presidential executive order that stripped union rights from roughly 1 million federal workers. Today\u2019s vote follows a bipartisan effort to build support for the legislation and to garner 218 signatures on a discharge petition, which forced Speaker Mike Johnson to bring a motion to discharge the bill to the floor yesterday. Today the House voted on the underlying legislation, passing it 231-195.\n\n\"President Trump\u2019s Executive Order stripping federal workers of their right to organize and collectively bargain for better wages, safe conditions, and full benefits is a direct attack on working families. I vowed to fight this order and do everything possible to protect workers, and was proud to help force a vote on this legislation and pass it through the House today,\u201d said Congressman Pappas. \u201cBut our work doesn\u2019t stop here. Unions built the middle class in this country and play a critical role in advocating for all American workers. There is more we must do to ensure all workers can stand together and use their collective power to negotiate, and I will continue fighting to fully enshrine those rights in law.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nPresident Trump\u2019s March 27 Executive Order, \u201cExclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,\u201d sought to end collective bargaining with unions at the departments of Defense, State, Veterans Affairs, Justice, and Energy, and some workers at the departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Interior, and Agriculture. The order affected around a million federal workers, of whom roughly one-third are veterans.\n\nIn April, Pappas cosponsored the Protect America\u2019s Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation to nullify this Trump administration Executive Order and restore collective bargaining rights for affected federal employees.\n\nThe Protect America\u2019s Workforce Act has support from a wide range of unions representing federal employees, including: the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU), National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS), Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the United Steelworkers (USW).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-helps-pass-bipartisan-legislation-to-restore-federal-workers-union-rights-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7334479596465826, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}