The union for federal workers has argued the proposed changes would remove protections that are in place to prevent ...

Unions say that by weakening seniority protections, the proposal would pave the way for politically motivated firings.

Unions representing federal workers on Wednesday renewed their bid to block President Donald Trump from stripping tens of thousands ​of government employees of job protections, making them easier to ...

Members of the National Treasury Employees Union have faced shutdowns, layoffs and new regulations that could strip them of protections.

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Public service groups and a collection of unions renewed their lawsuit against the Trump administration’s effort to weaken job protections for government employees.

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The Trump administration is proposing the biggest change to its employee retention rules in decades, attempting to substitute job performance for seniority in deciding who’s fired when an agency ...

The legal saga started when Donald Trump on Feb 7 fired the person who prosecutes cases of illegal firings.

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is trying to make it harder for fired federal employees to get their jobs back, according to a government plan released on Monday, by limiting their right to ...

March 7 (Reuters) - Since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office last year, he and his allies have derided federal ...