By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-21 01:37:30 | Updated at 2025-01-21 04:11:36
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Federal employee union sues Trump over Musk’s DOGE
Breitbart.com ^ | January 20, 2025 | AFP
Posted on 01/20/2025 5:27:07 PM PST by NCDragon
An early hurdle to clearing out the swamp!
The largest union of US federal government employees filed suit on Monday against President Donald Trump over his plans to create a cost-cutting “Department of Government Efficiency” headed by billionaire Elon Musk.
The suit was filed in a district court in Washington by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and non-profit Public Citizen just minutes after Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president.
Trump has tasked Musk, the world’s richest man, with slashing billions of dollars in federal government spending.
Trump and Musk have claimed that $2 trillion could potentially be saved, but most experts believe that is not realistic without deep cuts to crucial social services or benefits.
In its suit, the AFGE, which represents some 800,000 federal workers, said it wanted to ensure that DOGE complies with the requirements for federal advisory committees.
“The advice and guidance that Mr Trump has charged DOGE with producing is sweeping and consequential,” the complaint said.
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1 posted on 01/20/2025 5:27:07 PM PST by NCDragon
To: NCDragon
This...makes zero sense. They want it declared illegal for reviews and recommendations to be made?
To: NCDragon
Their goal is to tie the Trump Administration up in lawsuits so they can run the clock out.
In the meantime, they want to continue to be allowed to do remote work
To: NCDragon
That union needs to be de-certified. There’s no right for public employees to be unionized.
4 posted on 01/20/2025 5:29:13 PM PST by Orosius (A“Wake America Up Again )
To: NCDragon
The fact that ANY government union exists is from an Executive Order.
Trump can reverse that one, too.
5 posted on 01/20/2025 5:29:35 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: Republican Wildcat
They want it declared illegal for reviews and recommendations to be made?
They want their corrupt DNC stooge-"judges" in the District of Corruption to declare it illegal for reviews and recommendations to be made.
6 posted on 01/20/2025 5:30:47 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
To: NCDragon
Federal unions were allowed by Executive Order, Kennedy?
Exec order and disallow the union.
Phoook em all
7 posted on 01/20/2025 5:31:08 PM PST by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
To: NCDragon
Good luck. You admitting your department is wasteful
8 posted on 01/20/2025 5:32:57 PM PST by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
To: Macoozie
Trump mentioned earlier that even FDR was against public unions but I am ignorant.
To: NCDragon
10 posted on 01/20/2025 5:35:47 PM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: NCDragon
Federal workers demand the right to be inefficient.
11 posted on 01/20/2025 5:37:08 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: NCDragon
For a moment I thought this was bizarre enough to be from the Bee.
12 posted on 01/20/2025 5:37:15 PM PST by redfreedom (May God save us from what the Democrats do in the name of good.)
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