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Today, federal employees are receiving emails from OPM, which threatens employees that if you do not respond, the employee will be treated as an automated resignation!! While NTEU works on further guidance, please DO NOT respond until further notice.

OPM sent out this mass email demanding federal workers list 5 things they did in the post week by Monday night

Elon claims not responding to the email will be considered a resignation, which is ridiculous

Elon claims not responding to the email will be considered a resignation, which is ridiculous

OPM sent out this mass email demanding federal workers list 5 things they did in the post week by Monday night

Trump/Elon Musk's mass firings of probationary employees cited 'performance' issues for workers with stellar performance reviews and any proclaimed 'cost-savings' from firings are likely to be wiped out by the legal challenges www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hearing from workers that NOAA is prepping to fire all probationary employees, 3k workers OPM is also proceeding with Reduction In Force cuts at agencies, ignoring normal merit criteria to carry out further mass firings

Hearing from workers that NOAA is prepping to fire all probationary employees, 3k workers OPM is also proceeding with Reduction In Force cuts at agencies, ignoring normal merit criteria to carry out further mass firings

Legal challenges and general breakage that require money to fix!

The NewsGuild-CWA and several Guild locals joined the Society of Professional Journalists (@spj-posts.bsky.social) in condemning recent government attacks on a free press. The White House must lift its ban on @apnews.com and stop obstructing journalists from reporting news to the American people.

Trump/Elon Musk's mass firings of probationary employees cited 'performance' issues for workers with stellar performance reviews and any proclaimed 'cost-savings' from firings are likely to be wiped out by the legal challenges www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say The move upends trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A US Department of Interior director resigned in protest of the mass firings of probationary employees, calling the justification for the terminations as performance-related, "a lie"

A US Department of Interior director resigned in protest of the mass firings of probationary employees, calling the justification for the terminations as performance-related, "a lie"

🚨🚨🚨 Yesterday, the NLRB’s Buffalo office (Region 3) received word from its landlord that GSA—acting on behalf of DOGE—had unilaterally cancelled the Region’s five-year lease, without any prior notice to the Agency. The Region has been given 90 days to vacate the building.

I spoke with workers at the Department of Education where they are facing constant threats, intimidation, and bullying as Trump, Musk, and Project 2025 have pushed to abolish the agency www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“We’re called parasites in the press. There’s a lot of fear mongering about what we do. What we do is ensure states are protecting children with disabilities,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Elon Musk's favorite political propagandist, a crypto Krassenstein bro with a record of defrauding people, is an Australian who lives in Dubai

Elon Musk's favorite political propagandist, a crypto Krassenstein bro with a record of defrauding people, is an Australian who lives in Dubai

“We’re called parasites in the press. There’s a lot of fear mongering about what we do. What we do is ensure states are protecting children with disabilities,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I spoke with workers at the Department of Education where they are facing constant threats, intimidation, and bullying as Trump, Musk, and Project 2025 have pushed to abolish the agency www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This department wide meeting has started, but audio isn't working for a lot of employees, Q&A was disabled for the meeting, and the audio issues haven't been addressed

BREAKING: President Trump endorses the House budget, supporting major cuts to Medicaid despite recent assurances that he wouldn't touch it.

According to a Dept of Education employee, there is an all-staff dept wide meeting today on returning to work as much of the department's work has been halted over Trump's executive orders and Musk's slashing of contracts

BREAKING: Los Angeles fast food workers are ON STRIKE. As activists and immigrants across the nation are learning their rights, the fast food industry is lobbying against Know Your Rights Training for 50,000 LA fast food workers.

If you're a federal worker impacted by any of the Trump executive orders, Elon Musk's OPM/DOGE efforts and firings, please reach out to us On Signal 518-727-7964 Email [email protected] www.theguardian.com/securedrop

If you're a federal worker impacted by any of the Trump executive orders, Elon Musk's OPM/DOGE efforts and firings, please reach out to us On Signal 518-727-7964 Email [email protected] www.theguardian.com/securedrop

DOGE cancelled the CDC's national immunization survey for kids, teens, and US adults

DOGE cancelled the CDC's national immunization survey for kids, teens, and US adults

“Every day I wake up and walk out the door, I go with the hope of going to work, but with the fear of not being able to come back" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Every day I wake up and walk out the door, I go with the hope of going to work, but with the fear of not being able to come back" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In his first memo as DNC Chair, Ken Martin focuses on backing labor unions and workers, outlining anti-union and anti-worker attacks by Trump and his appointees www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump appointee and donor Louis DeJoy set to leave USPS, as Trump has aimed at privatizing the agency www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... news.usps.com/2025/02/18/t...

Trump appointee and donor Louis DeJoy set to leave USPS, as Trump has aimed at privatizing the agency www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... news.usps.com/2025/02/18/t...

In his first memo as DNC Chair, Ken Martin focuses on backing labor unions and workers, outlining anti-union and anti-worker attacks by Trump and his appointees www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Musk doesn't lead agency Trump announced 3 months ago he was appointing to lead said agency www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/st...

The most brazen, out in the open corruption unfolding in real time

www.reuters.com/world/us/fda...

The most brazen, out in the open corruption unfolding in real time

Musk doesn't lead agency Trump announced 3 months ago he was appointing to lead said agency www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/st...