On February 27, 2026, the IRS announced that it canceled its collective bargaining agreement with the National Treasury Employees Union (“NTEU”) following the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to remove the injunction preventing two Presidential Executive Orders from going into effect. (Jory Heckman, Federal News Network). The two executive orders state that certain federal agencies, such as the IRS, did not have a right to labor unions because it put national security at risk. Id. This article will discuss the reasoning behind the executive orders that pushed the IRS to cancel its union contract and how enforcing the orders effects federal employees.

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