Unions Appeal Court’s Dismissal of ‘Fork in the Road’ Lawsuit

A group of unions is appealing the dismissal of a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s offer of deferred resignation for federal workers.

More than 150,000 employees were separated from the government for good at the start of October after taking the Trump administration’s early offer of several months of paid leave in exchange for quitting.

Judge George O’Toole of the US District Court of the District of Massachusetts ruled last month that the case lacked standing, instructing the American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO, among others, to first bring their claims to the Federal Labor Relations ...