US President Donald Trump said he has invalidated all collective bargaining agreements negotiated by the previous administration of Joe Biden within 30 days before his inauguration.

“In its final days in office, the previous administration purposefully entered into collective bargaining agreements with federal employees in an attempt to harm my administration by extending its wasteful and failed policies while in office,” Donald Trump said.

For example, he said, on Jan. 17, 2025, 3 days before he took office, the U.S. Department of Education agreed to a cooperative agreement that generally prohibits the agency from returning remote employees to their offices.

Trump described this as a "lame duck" decision meant to tie the new president to the previous administration’s policies.
He recalled that according to the Supreme Court's explanation, the president “cannot bind his successors by limiting their powers.”

“Thus, the policy of the executive branch is that collective bargaining agreements adopted within 30 days before the inauguration of the new president and intended to remain in force despite the inauguration of the new president and administration should not be approved,” Donald Trump noted.