The objection of trade unions that described Trump’s “illegal” offer to resign to more than two million federal employees
Federal judge allowed Wednesday in his government Donald Trump to carry out the Federal Employees’ Federal Program, as the Republican president is moving to revise and shrink the US government, bringing a regression to unions trying to stop the plan.
The decision could pave the way for the Trump government to quickly try to complete the program, although the unions could ask another court to stop it.
As stated in Reuters, o US regional judge George O ‘Tulle In Boston, he rejected an earlier decree he had issued, which had interrupted the program by urging unions that represented more than 800,000 federal employeesconcluding that the unions had no legal status to question the rule.
The US Federation of Government Officers and Other Trade Unions characterized Illegal Administration’s offer for resignation to more than two million federal employees.
“Trade unions do not have the required immediate share in the Fork Directive, but they challenge a policy that affects others, especially executive officials.”wrote O’Ne, appointed by the Democratic former president Bill Clinton.
“This is not enough.”
The Personnel Management Office, which announced the program in an email on January 28 with title ‘Fork in the Road’he told employees on Monday that he intends to close the program to newcomers as soon as possible.
From Friday, about, about 65,000 federal employees were registered for acquisitionsaccording to a White House official, as the Trump government intensifies plans for extensive job cuts across the government.
The unions that had filed the lawsuit argued that the plan announced in January was illegal and that OPM had no power to implement the program.
“Surprisingly arbitrary …”
Trump, who began his second term as president on January 20, appointed a Masculine as ‘Special Government Officer’ To oversee a sweeping effort called the Department of Government Efficiency with the aim of reducing federal budget expenditure and the reform of the United States Federal Labor.
Democrats and other critics have accused Musk, who is leading the Tesla electric car manufacturing company and the SpaceX rocket company, that undertook unfairly the federal government. Some federal workers have made demonstrations against Musk’s actions.
In an email sent last month to almost all federal employees, OPM said that employees could choose to resign now and maintain all fees and benefits by September 30.
Email said workers could remain in payroll without having to work in person and possibly reduce or abolish their duties in the meantime. Interested employees had to respond only to the word “resignation” to take part.
The title and content of the email reflect a message that Musk, the richest man in the world, sent to Twitter officials after acquiring the social networking platform, now called X, in 2022.
US Department of Justice Lawyers had described the initiative as one ‘Human ramp’ For those frustrated by Trump’s wider plans to reduce the size of the workforce and to end the ability of many to work from home.
The acquisition offer covered about 2 million full -time federal workers, except those working in migration and national security positions, as well as people working for the US Postal Service.
As the deadline approached, the Trump government had reiterated its warning that most federal services are likely to shrink, a message considered by employees as a pressure to accept redemption offer.
The unions in their lawsuit argued that OPM’s redemption directive was ‘Surprisingly arbitrary’ And he violated the law against inadequacy, a federal law that prohibits services from spending more money than Congress.
Encouraging employees to resign in general without taking into account their service, work duties or institutional memory, OPM ignores the negative consequences that the resignations could have on the government’s ability to operate, the unions said.
Upon request of the unions, the O ‘tulle Last week, an initial deadline on February 6 to resign workers. Then, on that day, he set the deadline for waiting for the court’s further order while investigating the case.
The unions have requested that the deadline be set fully to give them time to seek further relief through the courts and to ensure that their members can make documented decisions.
Source :Skai
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