A U.S. District judge has rebuffed an effort by labor unions representing federal workers to block President Donald Trump’s layoffs of federal employees. The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), the National Federation of Federal Employees, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, and the International Union, …
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A U.S. District judge has rebuffed an effort by labor unions representing federal workers to block President Donald Trump’s layoffs of federal employees.
TheNationalTreasuryEmployeesUnion(NTEU),theNationalFederationofFederalEmployees,theInternationalAssociationofMachinistsandAerospaceWorkers,theInternationalFederationofProfessionalandTechnicalEngineers,andtheInternationalUnion,UnitedAutomobile,AerospaceandAgricultureImplementWorkersofAmericaemployeessuedTrumponFebruary12,claimingthatTrump’sexecutiveactionslayingoffworkersviolatedconstitutionalseparation-of-powersprinciples“becausetheyundermineCongress’authoritytosetandfundthemissionso
