Posted on 02/20/2025 1:27:18 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
The Trump administration can for now continue its mass firings of federal employees rejecting a bid by a group of labor unions to halt President Donald Trump’s dramatic downsizing of the roughly 2.3 million-strong federal workforce.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in federal court is temporary while the litigation plays out. But it is a win for the Trump administration as it seeks to purge the federal workforce slashing what it deems wasteful and fraudulent government spending.
The National Treasury Employees Union and four other unions sued last week to block the administration from firing hundreds of thousands of federal workers and granting buyouts to employees who quit voluntarily.
The unions are seeking to block eight agencies including the Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Department of Veterans Affairs from implementing mass layoffs.
Cooper on Thursday said he likely lacks the power to hear the case, and that the unions instead must file complaints with a federal labor board that hears disputes between unions and federal agencies.
Trump has tapped Tesla CEO (TSLA.O), opens new tabElon Musk to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which has swept through federal agencies slashing thousands of jobs and dismantling federal programs since Trump became president last month and put Musk in charge of rooting out what he deems wasteful spending as part of Trump's dramatic overhaul of government. Trump also ordered federal agencies to work closely with DOGE to identify federal employees who could be laid off.
Termination emails were sent last week to workers across the federal government, mostly recently hired employees still on probation, at agencies such as the Department of Education, the Small Business Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the General Services Administration, and others.
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One of the shortest recessions on record occurred in 1921. It was short because the president fired a substantial percentage of the Federal work force and reduced federal spending. Just the opposite was done in 1929 and we only got out of that one because WWII started.
Yep, no labor law exists that can prevent the loss of a job due to it being downsized.
be nice to get ahold of the voter registrations of every government employee and fire anyone registered as a Democrat or that ever gave money to a Democrat.
No need, they are all Democrats.
Thank you, Seth Spicer.
The “permanent” employees have job protections put in place by Congress, making them difficult to fire. Hence, Trump is wisely focusing on the employees still on probation. The job protection statutes should not apply if it is a non-political firing. But those statutes need to be repealed.
Praise God!
So watch the unemployment numbers go up and up and see Trump get the blame.
Obama appointment.
fun fact.
They were going to go up anyways. They were always under reported under biden.
Imagine the efficiency he could bring to a government bureaucracy still relying on outdated computers, fax machines, and filing cabinets.
I'm thinking we might need only 3 people at each agency.;-)
These folks could find a job drilling for oil.
That should be an emoji of the American people doing the happy dance.
The Clinton administration mastered the art of getting rid of “permanent federal employees”.
They would order a massive reorganization of a given department.
All the old jobs no longer existed in the new organization.
Every federal employee could apply for the new jobs.
It was like a game of musical chairs.
Those federal employees who did not land on a chair were gone.
Easy Peasy.
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