Washington, March 10 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration says it’s stripping union protections for 47,000 workers at the Transportation Security Administration, including the right to collective bargaining. 

American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley condemned the move as a “pretext for attacking the rights of regular working Americans across the country because they happen to belong to a union.”

In other news, some 80,000 workers at the Department of Health and Human Services were offered lump-sum payments of up to $25,000 if they agree by March 14th to resign their posts. 

The buyout offer came after some federally funded researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received a survey requiring them to detail how their work aligns with the goals of the Trump administration. 

ABC News reports they were asked whether their research would help combat “Christian persecution,” defend women and children against so-called gender ideology extremism or help curb immigration.