Bureau of Prisons ordered to restore its union's contract
Summary
A judge ordered the Bureau of Prisons to bring back a contract with its workers' union after the bureau's director ended it. The judge said the contract was wrongly ended and must be restored while a related legal case continues.Key Facts
- The union represents about 30,000 employees working in federal prisons.
- The Bureau of Prisons director ended the contract on September 25, 2025, saying the union slowed progress.
- The judge is Vernon Oliver from the U.S. District Court in Connecticut.
- President Trump issued an order in March 2025 limiting union contracts in some federal agencies, including the Justice Department.
- The contract was mostly kept for six months after that Trump order before it was ended.
- The judge ruled the contract should be restored because its termination may have violated legal rules.
- The current contract was revised in November 2024 and is supposed to last until May 2029.
- The union leader said this ruling is important but expects the Justice Department might try to delay it.
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