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The implication of the summary text is that the protections were granted by executive mandate, not through legislation, so presumably they could be revoked the same way.
I'm largely uninformed on the specifics, but it's insane that he can use EOs to give himself the authority to do a thing, then go do the thing he previously wasn't allowed to do. What the fuck, America!?
It's a little bit confusing, but from what I've read, the collective bargaining rights that they previously enjoyed were granted from the beginning by the agency's administrator, so it follows that they can be revoked by the agency's administrator in turn.
Here's a 2011 NPR article covering when they were initially granted those rights.
As always, this is the danger in allowing such rules to be set by the executive branch instead of codified into law — when the next guy is in office, they can always easily undo it.