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From CBS News: A federal judge on Thursday allowed President Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce to continue moving forward while legal proceedings continue, declining a request from a group of labor unions to temporarily block his firing of federal employees and other actions targeting government workers.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who sits on the federal district court in Washington, D.C., said in a 16-page decision that he had to deny the unions’ request for relief because he lacks jurisdiction over the claims. The judge, appointed by former President Barack Obama, said the unions must pursue their legal challenges through the scheme established by Congress in the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, which governs labor relations in the federal workforce.
The claims, he said, must be filed with the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
Still, Cooper wrote that the first month of Mr. Trump’s administration “has been defined by an onslaught of executive actions that have caused, some say by design, disruption and even chaos in widespread quarters of American society.” He also noted that mixed decisions by federal judges halting some of Mr. Trump’s actions and letting others proceed while cases move forward are not a surprise.
The lawsuit had been filed by:
- National Treasury Employees Union
- National Federation of Federal Employees, AFL-CIO
- International Association of Machinists adn Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO
- International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agriculture Implement Workers of America
Judge Christopher Cooper, a Barack Obama appointee, just ruled against UNIONS to allow the Trump administration to continue firing federal workers.
That’s actually very game-changing. pic.twitter.com/jP9fd5uCuA
— George (@BehizyTweets) February 20, 2025
BREAKING: A judge rejects labor unions’ request to pause the Trump administration’s firings of federal employees. https://t.co/8tf3cLFS3F
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 20, 2025
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