Trump administration’s effort to decertify immigration judges union rejected

Daniel Weissner for Reuters reports that a Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) official has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to dissolve a union that represents U.S. immigration judges, concluding that the judges are not “management officials” who are barred from joining unions.

The FLRA’s regional director agreed with the National Association of Immigration Judges that the judges do not make new policy by issuing decisions in individual matters, and that had not changed amid a sharp rise in cases in the 40 years since the union was formed.  

See the Regional Director Decision Rejecting EOIR Decertification Petition.  DOJ’s Decertification Effort