Trump Presses on With Layoffs Despite Shutdown Deal, Union Says

Federal unions asked a judge to reinstate hundreds of workers at multiple agencies, who they say were fired by the Trump administration despite a ban on such firings included in the most recent law funding the government.

Unions said in a Tuesday court filing five federal agencies have processed layoffs for at least 500 employees in violation of a law that reversed workforce cuts initiated during the most recent government shutdown and banned reductions in force through Jan. 30, 2026. They asked the US District Court for the Northern District of California for a preliminary injunctionallowing the employees to ...