End unionization of DHS components by executive order under 5 U.S.C. 7103

What has happened

1. Aug 28, 2025 Partially done

   Executive Order 14343 (Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program) extends the EO 12171 list again but adds no Department of Homeland Security subdivision: its additions are Interior hydropower units, Commerce subdivisions, NASA and the U.S. Agency for Global Media. The DHS coverage of the ask is therefore still the March 2025 list, and the Status stays `partial`.

   • Executive Order 14343: Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

     Primary Executive branch Aug 28, 2025

2. May 16, 2025 Partially done

   Back to `partial` after eighteen days. The D.C. Circuit granted the government a stay of the injunction pending appeal -- "The Government has met the requirements for a stay pending appeal" -- over a dissent from Judge Childs. No administrative stay had issued before then; the order of 2025-05-01 only set a briefing schedule. Executive Order 14251 is operative again, so the Status returns to what the order alone supports. The appeal was argued on 2025-12-15 before Judges Rao, Garcia and Ginsburg and is undecided; nothing in the case has yet been decided on the merits.

   • Per Curiam Order, National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump, No. 25-5157 (D.C. Cir. May 16, 2025) — motion for stay pending appeal granted

     Primary Courts May 16, 2025

3. Apr 28, 2025 Blocked

   Judge Friedman preliminarily enjoined Section 2 of Executive Order 14251 in its entirety, holding it likely ultra vires, and expressly refused to carve out any agency or subdivision: "the government's arguments do not warrant specific agency or subdivision exemptions in the preliminary injunction order", because it had not shown that any particular subdivision meets the 5 U.S.C. 7103(b)(1) criteria. The twelve DHS subdivisions the order excludes were therefore covered, and the exclusions could not take effect.

   • Memorandum Opinion, National Treasury Employees Union v. Trump, No. 1:25-cv-00935 (D.D.C. Apr. 28, 2025) — Section 2 of Executive Order 14251 preliminarily enjoined in its entirety

     Primary Courts Apr 28, 2025

4. Mar 27, 2025 Partially done

   Executive Order 14251, signed 2025-03-27 under the exact authority the Quote names -- 5 U.S.C. 7103(b)(1) -- determines that twelve DHS subdivisions have intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative or national security work as a primary function and adds them to the Executive Order 12171 exclusion list, ending Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute coverage there: the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the General Counsel, the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, the Management Directorate, the Science and Technology Directorate, the Office of Health Security, the Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness, USCIS, ICE, the Coast Guard, CISA and FEMA. It is `partial` and not `done` because it does not reach every DHS component -- CBP, the Secret Service, FLETC and TSA are absent -- and because new section 1-499 preserves chapter 71 coverage for the immediate local employing offices of agency police officers, security guards and firefighters.

   • Executive Order 14251: Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs

     Primary Executive branch Mar 27, 2025