Unions ask judge to block retaliation against staff over what unnamed Pentagon official calls ‘silliest thing in 40 years’
A top labor union has condemned Elon Musk’s ultimatum to federal workers as an “unclear and unlawful distraction”, after the Tesla billionaire turned White House-sanctioned cost-cutter demanded federal workers detail what they do at their jobs in bullet points or face dismissal.
The Saturday email sent to millions of employees was the latest salvo in Musk’s campaign, authorized by Donald Trump, to dramatically downsize the federal government. Over the weekend, a coalition of groups opposed to the mass layoffs asked a court to prevent reprisals against employees who fail to reply by the deadline of Monday at midnight.
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