The federal Bureau of Prisons said Thursday it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights, the latest move by the Trump administration to gut labor protections for federal employees.
Director William K. Marshall III told the agency's nearly 35,000 employees that the union, the Council of Prison Locals, had become “an obstacle to progress instead of a partner in it." The contract, he said, “too often slowed or prevented" changes meant to improve safety and morale.
