A federal court in San Francisco appointed by Bill Clinton claimed that the Trump administration that the massive fires of probation workers were probably against the law.
Two weeks ago, the White House and the Department of Government efficiency of Elon Musk dedicated the FBI to dismiss almost all probation workers who had not yet received protection from officials.
Moreover, employees were warned with some agencies that large cuts would be in the workplace, in movements that could influence 200,000 employees.
Judge William Alsup, 79, ordered the Personnel Management office to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to recommend the fire of probation employees, including the Ministry of Defense.
'OpM has no authority, under any status in the history of the universe' to rent or dismiss employees, except his, said asup.
The complaint filed by five trade unions and five non -profit organizations is one of the multiple lawsuits trying to stop the efforts of the administration to reduce a workforce that has blown Trump and sloppy.
Government lawyers agree that the office is not authorized to hire or dismiss employees in other agencies, but they said that the Office or Personnel Management Agencies asked to revise and determine whether employees were suitable for continuous employment.
They also said that probation employees are not a guaranteed work and that only the best performing and mission -critical employees must be hired.
Judge William Alsup, 79, ordered the Personnel Management office to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to recommend the fire of probation employees, including the Ministry of Defense
Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Government dedicated efficiency of the White House and Elon Musk the FBI to dismiss almost all probation workers who had not yet received protection against civil servants
Lawyers for the coalition have fueled the order, although it does not mean that dismissed employees are automatically assumed or that no future dismissals will take place.
“What it means in practical consequences is that the agencies of the federal government should hear the warning from the court that that order was illegal,” said Danielle Leonard, a lawyer for the coalition, after the hearing.
“This ruling by judge Alsup is an important initial victory for patriotic Americans in this country who were illegally dismissed from their work by an agency that had no authority to do this,” said Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees.
“These are employees in the rank who have joined the federal government to make a difference in their communities, but suddenly ended because of the contempt of this government for federal employees and the desire to privatize their work.”
Trade unions recently spoken three other federal judges.
A judge in Washington, DC, denied a motion from trade unions last week to temporarily block dismissal because he thought their complaint should be heard in the federal labor court.
Earlier this month a judge in Massachusetts said that trade unions that complained for a postponed dismissal offer that was not immediately affected and was missing legal status to challenge it.
ALSUP said that workers probably not miss legal status to Sue, but the non -profit organizations probably have reason because their members will be refused government services as a result of the loss of employees, such as enjoying parks, mental health care for veterans and loans for small companies.
People keep drawing during a protest against Elon Musk outside a Tesla dealer in West Bloomfield, Michigan
The first order was an expansion of previous instructions from OpM, which previously said that probation employees had to be dismissed if they did not meet high standards
The judge intends to issue a written order. A evidence -powerful hearing is planned for March 13.
Trump's first attempt to reduce the staff was the deferred dismissal program, usually described as a buy -out, who offered to pay people until 30 September if they agreed to stop.
The White House said that 75,000 people have registered and that a federal court had cleaned up a legal road barrier for the program on Wednesday.
However, the number of employees who took the offer was less than the target of the administration, and Trump made it clear that he would take further steps.
The decision about probation workers, who generally have less than a year, came from the Office of Personnel Management, which serves as a personnel department for the federal government.
It is expected that it will be the first step in sweeping. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that told desk leaders on Tuesday to plan 'large -scale reductions in force'.
Musk, who has given President Trump great playroom to defeat the government spending with Doge, called for the elimination of entire agencies.
“I think we should remove entire agencies instead of leaving many of them,” Musk said via a video ball to the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. “If we don't remove the roots from the weed, it's easy for the weed to grow back.”
Trump has also been strongly critical of federal employees, especially those who want to continue to work remotely, although his administration works at the same time to reduce the federal office space and terminate the termination of the rents in the government.
