A coalition of unions sued the Trump administration Friday over its directive to agencies to terminate their collective bargaining agreements with federal employee unions. President Trump last

Labor unions are battling the Trump administration over its attempts to slash the federal work force and roll back the protections afforded to the civil service employees.

The legal question hinges on the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which Trump says gives him the authority to remove collective bargaining powers from the unions owing to national security concerns. Unions such as NTEU and the American Federation of Government Employees disagree.