Federal Government Labor Unions Sued Tuesday, to Block the Trump (R) AAministration from Conducting Mass Layoffs during the Potential Upcoming Government Shutdown.
Employees are usually Temporarily Furloughed during a Shutdown, except for Exempted Workers, and receive Back Pay after a Shutdown Ends. But Trump and the White House Budget Office have suggested Permanent Firings is on the Table when Funding Expires at midnight. The Lawsuit, Filed in Federal Court in San Francisco, Alleges the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Misinterpreted Federal Law Governing Shutdowns when it issued a Memo suggesting Agencies should “use this opportunity” to consider Layoffs for Programs with Lapsed Funding and that aren’t Priorities of the President.
“OMB’s Lapse Memorandum is a Partisan attempt to pressure members of Congress to accede to the Trump administration’s demands in negotiations over a CR, and to punish federal employees and the labor unions that represent them if those members of Congress do not surrender to the President’s demands,” the Lawsuit states.
The Lawsuit was brought by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Two of its Local Units and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. “Announcing plans to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal employees simply because Congress and the administration are at odds on funding the government past the end of the fiscal year is not only illegal – it’s immoral and unconscionable,” AFGE National President Everett Kelley said in a Statement.
The Unions are represented by San Francisco-based Law Firm Altshuler Berzon and Two Left-Laning Legal Organizations that frequently Sue the Trump Administration: "Democracy Forward" and "Democracy Defenders Fund". that are bad for them [Democrats] and irreversible by them. Like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like.”
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