October 15, 2025
A California federal judge on Wednesday granted a request from two unions representing thousands of federal workers to immediately block the Trump administration from laying them off during the government shutdown, saying she believes the plaintiffs will show that "what's being done here is both illegal and is in excess of authority."
October 10, 2025
Unions representing federal workers urged a California federal court Friday to immediately block the Trump administration from laying off workers amid the government shutdown as the administration acknowledged it had begun issuing reduction-in-force notices to thousands of employees.
October 06, 2025
A California federal judge should block the Trump administration from carrying out its threats to use the government shutdown as an occasion to fire another large swath of federal workers, two unions argued, requesting a temporary restraining order that would protect the jobs of the federal workers they represent.
September 30, 2025
The American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees sued Tuesday over the Trump administration's threats to fire federal workers in the event of a government shutdown, arguing that the threats stray from historic practice and violate the law.