WASHINGTON >> More than 445,000 federal employees saw their union protections disappear in August, as agencies moved to comply with an executive order President Donald Trump signed earlier this year that called for ignoring collective bargaining contracts with nearly 1 million workers.

The termination of protections followed an Aug. 1 appeals court ruling on legal challenges to Trump’s directive. The order, signed in late March, directed 22 agencies to ignore contracts for employees in specific unions. On Thursday, Trump signed a second executive order stripping union rights from thousands of other employees at six additional agencies.

Trump said that the affected workers had roles that touched on national security, and that provisions in their labor contracts could interfere with his po

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