Trump using mass firings to ‘shake down’ Dems amid shutdown is illegal: Federal employee union Pres.
MSNBC·2025-10-01 18:40
Two unions representing federal workers are now are now taking on the president, suing the administration to block plans to fire federal workers instead of furlowing them during the shutdown. It's something Trump mentioned again just last night. >> When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs.So, we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected. A lot of good can come down from shutdowns. We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want.>> The lawsuit says Trump's threats are ille ...