Collective bargaining rights for employees at several government agencies is protected, for now. United States District Judge Paul Friedman — an appointee of former President Bill Clinton — issued a two-page order temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s executive order rescinding collective bargaining rights for government union members.

In a win for unions, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman of the District of Columbia said an executive order issued in March by President Donald Trump stripping union rights from hundreds of thousands of federal employees was “unlawful.

A recent executive order by President Donald Trump could lead to significant wage reductions for thousands of federal contract workers in the U.S. By overturning a Biden-era regulation, the minimum hourly wage for these employees may drop from $17.