There are 2.4 million federal workers in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). While there is no official data revealing how many people have been fired, The New York Times ...

The Federal Unionists Network is the first large-scale network for government workers, and they’re building solidarity across departments and the labor movement. Chris Dols, founding member of ...

The rapid, indiscriminate job cuts and efforts to pressure workers to resign made by the Trump administration and Elon Musk have rattled the federal work force rattled — which faces the prospect ...

The change could affect about 50,000 workers or 2% of the federal workforce. Many of these employees would also be within non-partisan career roles who are not supposed to be politically loyal to ...

The employees who have so far survived the Trump administration’s federal defenestration project are morose. For some, the new workload is untenable. For others, chaos reigns. Scientists have ...

A network of federal employee unions and legal groups launched a legal defense group to provide counsel to thousands of government workers recently fired by the Trump administration. Deemed Rise Up… ...

Federal workers and supporters rallied outside OPM, calling for federal agencies to reinstate those workers put on leave or terminated over work related to DEI.

Demonstrators protest during a rally for federal workers at the U.S. Capitol, on Feb. 11, 2025. Tierney L. Cross / Bloomberg via Getty Images file ...

Dave Demas, president at AFGE 3003, was at the rally to support government workers, and echoed Glover’s sentiment in suggesting that the importance of federal workers might not be fully understood.

Of those workers, Black Americans make up more than 18%, despite making up 13% of the U.S. population. The over-index of Black workers can be seen within federal agencies.

News National business Federal layoffs are plunging workers into a tough labor market. Here’s how to prepare for the worst Sun., March 9, 2025 Former Internal Revenue Service workers leave their ...

As part of President Donald Trump’s attempt to remake the federal workforce, several directives have been issued to terminate recently hired employees and gut entire agencies. Many federal workers ...