You may have missed it last week, but President Trump issued a pre-Labor Day order ending collective bargaining with several federal unions that work on national security issues.

This is a big step in the right direction. As we’ve said many times, when politicians negotiate with unions, taxpayers always lose. The liberal Center for American Progress estimates that over 80% of civilian federal workers are no longer covered by collective bargaining agreements. That represents one out of 15 workers covered by a union contract.

The biggest remaining area of public sector unionization is among state and local workers.  While only one in three government workers in the U.S. belongs to a union, about 85% of state and local government employees are in unions.

To accelerate the flourishing worker freedom movement across the country, the states need to follow President Trump’s lead – along with states like Wisconsin – and end collective bargaining for their public employees.