Charlie Kirk says he's been pushing “publicly on the show and privately with White House staff” for Trump to end federal unionization
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From the March 28, 2025, edition of The Charlie Kirk Show, streamed on Rumble
CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): President Donald Trump signed last evening something I've been pushing for publicly on the show and privately with White House staff, and it is monumental. This is your good news story of the week. Because it's been a little bit annoying, got a little glitch. You got the Signal thing. You're doing Houthi stuff. We got people leaking. They're blaming Pete Hegseth. No, no, everybody. This is a beautiful, delicious ending to your week. And, of course, the courts are gonna try and stop it, but we'll win in the end. President Trump is launching an effort that we're not even sure that he would attempt, and he deserves our credit and our praise. Late last night, President Trump signed an executive order to end collective bargaining and unionization with federal unions at many federal agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of State, the EPA, and USAID. Overall, this would revoke the right to unionize for 75% of currently unionized federal workers.
Now let me pause. President Trump, as you can see, is being very smart. He's not touching border patrol. He's not touching people that are in ICE, that are in front lines, that have union agreements, understandably, in case someone gets shot, similar to kinda police officer work. No, no, no. This is if you're a paper shuffler at the EPA, if you're a paper shuffler at the Department of Agriculture. The president has the power to do this. Federal law allows the president to override unionization rights for any federal agency involved in national security work. This is badly needed. Badly.
The entire concept of a public sector employee union is hugely damaging to the body politic. In the private sector, unions can work at least in theory because workers and owners are in theory opposed to each other. It's a little nonsensical, but in theory, workers want higher wages, owners want lower wages, but they have to collaborate. Because if the business business goes broke, everyone loses. But in a government union, this obviously does not apply. The government doesn't go bankrupt or go out of business. And on top of that, the CEO of the government is elected. So we get what we've seen in city after city and state after state and in our federal government too. Lawmakers have gotten elected by pandering to the government workforce to make them higher pay and benefits in return for votes. And it is a self-destructing bankruptcy an inevitable bankruptcy destination cycle.