LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump plans to strip away layoff protections for longtime federal workers, a move unions warn could enable the administration to reward political loyalists during mass firings. It would also exclude more job categories from layoff protections, widening the pool of workers who could be cut. Many workers say their performance ratings have been unfairly downgraded since Trump took office, believing it is a pretext to reduce bonuses or make it easier to get rid of them. AdvertisementYet another administration scheme would reclassify thousands of workers to remove their civil-service protections, making it easier to fire them for politically motivated reasons. Unions and public interest groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at stopping Trump from moving forward with that plan.

Source: Huffington Post March 05, 2026 00:02 UTC