Judge Blocks Shutdown Layoffs

A federal judge has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s administration from firing federal workers during the federal government shutdown. 

On Wednesday, Susan Illston, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, sided with two unions to prevent the firings, the Washington Examiner reported. 

Trump’s administration had started laying off federal employees on Oct. 10. The federal government shut down on Oct. 1 because the U.S. Senate and House couldn’t agree on funding priorities. 

The temporary restraining order filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California follows the lawsuit filed by the AFGE and AFSCME unions last week.

The lawsuits claim that the Office of Management and Budget Director Chris Vought has violated the law by directing that federal agencies conduct mass firings of federal workers during the shutdown. 

The lawsuit also names as defendants the Office of Personnel Management and its Director Scott Kupor.

Last week, court documents suggested that the federal government sent reduction-in-force notices to about 4,000 people. 

However, Vought estimated that the federal government will lay off about 10,000 people, he said on the Charlie Kirk show. 

“We’re going to keep those RIFs [Reduction in Force] throughout this shutdown.” “We’re talking thousands of people [being laid off].” “I think we’ll probably be north of 10,000 [layoffs].”

The Trump administration could cut government agencies that aren’t funded during the shutdown, Vought said. 

The AFGE and AFSCME unions are represented by Altshuler Berzon LLP, Democracy Forward, and the Democracy Defenders Fund. 

The American Federation of Government Employees is the largest federal employee union, representing 820,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.

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A federal judge has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s administration from firing federal workers during the federal government shutdown. 

On Wednesday, Susan Illston, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, sided with two unions to prevent the firings, the Washington Examiner reported. 

Trump’s administration had started laying off federal employees on Oct. 10. The federal government shut down on Oct. 1 because the U.S. Senate and House couldn’t agree on funding priorities. 

The temporary restraining order filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California follows the lawsuit filed by the AFGE and AFSCME unions last week.

The lawsuits claim that the Office of Management and Budget Director Chris Vought has violated the law by directing that federal agencies conduct mass firings of federal workers during the shutdown. 

The lawsuit also names as defendants the Office of Personnel Management and its Director Scott Kupor.

Last week, court documents suggested that the federal government sent reduction-in-force notices to about 4,000 people. 

However, Vought estimated that the federal government will lay off about 10,000 people, he said on the Charlie Kirk show. 

“We’re going to keep those RIFs [Reduction in Force] throughout this shutdown.” “We’re talking thousands of people [being laid off].” “I think we’ll probably be north of 10,000 [layoffs].”

The Trump administration could cut government agencies that aren’t funded during the shutdown, Vought said. 

The AFGE and AFSCME unions are represented by Altshuler Berzon LLP, Democracy Forward, and the Democracy Defenders Fund. 

The American Federation of Government Employees is the largest federal employee union, representing 820,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.

Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats forced a government shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.

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