Guard troops can unionize on state active duty, DoJ says

National Guard troops can legally organize and form unions while serving on state active duty orders, the Justice Department said in a court filing last week.

DoJ lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by state employee unions in Connecticut, saying that “the Government agrees” with them. A federal law prohibiting members of the military from organizing unions “does not apply to Guard members on state active duty or in the Inactive National Guard,” DoJ lawyers wrote in their filing.