The IRS told employees it’s canceling the contract with its union, which represents roughly two-thirds of the agency, to align with President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

“We have notified the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) that we have terminated the 2022 National Agreement and the 2025 Addendum,” Alex Kweskin, IRS chief human capital officer, said in a Friday email to employees seen by Bloomberg Tax. The IRS confirmed the action.

The Office of Personnel Management instructed agencies earlier this month to terminate their union contracts, asking agencies to comply with Trump’s two executive orders released in March and August last year. The orders stripped over 1 million federal workers of their collective bargaining rights, citing national security concerns. Unions have filed several suits to block the order, arguing that labor law clearly gives federal employees the right to collectively bargain.

The Trump administration has shrunk the IRS workforce by roughly a quarter. The agency had about 100,000 employees when the president took office a year ago.

NTEU didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The move is one way the Trump administration is reducing federal workplace protections. OPM earlier this month released a rule to loosen job protections for policy-related positions, making it easier for political appointees to effectively fire them and pick replacements. With reduced job protections, IRS career employees warning against illegal...

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