The Trump administration can continue to fire massive shots of federal workers for now, and a federal judge ruled Thursday, dramatically downsizing Donald Trump’s roughly 2.3 million powerful federal workers. It refused to bid by a group of trade unions to halt.
The decision by US District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, DC, is temporary while the suit is underway. But it’s a victory for the Trump administration as it tries to wipe out the federal workforce and cut back on what it considers as futile and fraudulent government spending.
The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and four other unions last week to stop the administration from firing hundreds of thousands of federal workers and allowing employees to buy them after voluntarily quitting. I sued.
The union is trying to block eight agencies from implementing mass layoffs, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Cooper began with a 16-page order by acknowledging Trump’s “onsight of enforcement actions that have led to design, confusion and even chaos in a wide quarter of American society.”
He went on to add: “The affected citizens and their advocates challenged many of these actions on an emergency basis for this court and others around the country.”
However, Cooper said Thursday that he likely lacks the authority to listen to the incident, and instead the union must file a complaint with the Federal Labor Commission hearing the dispute between the union and the federal agency.
Cooper wrote: “The NTEU is likely to lack subject jurisdiction over the claims this court argued, and therefore cannot establish that it is likely to succeed in merit. Therefore, the court is the union of temporary restraining orders. rejects the claim and denys the request for a provisional injunction for the same reasons.”
Trump taps Tesla CEO Elon Musk to lead the so-called “government efficiency,” or Doge. accusations that he will eradicate what he considers as wasted spending as part of a dramatic overhaul of Trump’s government. Trump has also ordered federal agencies to work closely with Doge to identify federal employees who may be fired.
The termination email was sent to federal workers last week. Most recently, they have hired probation employees at agencies such as the Ministry of Education, Small Business Administration, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and General Services Bureau.
Plaintiffs, including United Auto Workers, NTEU and Federal Employees, said in their lawsuit that White House efforts, including DOGE, will reduce federal workers, will the White House efforts to reduce federal workers, and will not be able to congressional powers. By injuring it, it violates a violation of violating the principle of separating power. Funding to federal agencies.
The union said that unless the court intervened, they would be irreparable due to loss of income from membership salaries members who were fired or retired early to shop.
In a statement released last Wednesday, NTEU President Doreen Greenwald said:
She continued, adding: “All of these orders are further evidence that this administration is motivated not by efficiency but by cruelty and a complete disregard for lost government services.”
Most civil servant employees may be legally fired only for performance or misconduct misconduct, and if they are deliberately let go, they will have many due process and right to appeal. I have it. Probation employees, who are primarily targeted in the waves last week, have fewer legal protections.
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A judge who oversaw a similar case in Boston federal court allowed the acquisition to move forward in a February 12 ruling. plan.
The windows to accept shopping are now closed, with about 75,000 workers taking up the administration’s offer, according to the U.S. Personnel Management Office. This represents about 3% of the federal workforce.
The union is asking judges to declare shootings and acquisitions illegal and to stop the government from firing more employees or offering other purchases.
In a court filing Monday, the government said the union had no right to sue as it would not be harmed by dismissal and acquisition. Recognizing the union’s demands would inappropriately hamper the president’s efforts to streamline the federal workforce, the government argued.
More than 70 lawsuits have been filed to remake federal workers, close out immigration, and block Trump’s efforts to roll back trans rights.
The results have been mixed up to now, but the judge has blocked several aspects of Trump’s marquee policy, including his bid to end automatic innate citizenship for children born in the United States. Masu.
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that the Internal Revenue Service had begun layoffs of employees as part of a widespread layoff.
Speaking to the outlet, those familiar with the decision said that around 7,000 employees are expected to lose their jobs, marking 7% of the 100,000 agents.
Reuters contributed to the report
