Project 2025 Plan Continues: Trump Fires Thousands in Federal Workforce; Video: Rep. McClellan on News Nation; AFL-CIO Message on DOGE
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Project 2025 Plan Continues: Trump Fires Thousands in Federal Workforce
By Ariana Figueroa - The Trump administration Friday continued its mass firing of thousands of probationary federal employees in an attempt to remove workers recently hired under the Biden administration and to cull the federal workforce.
President Donald Trump wants to shrink the federal government’s 2.4 million-person workforce, and the targeting of roughly 220,000 probationary employees is the easiest route, as relatively few federal employees accepted an earlier resignation offer pushed by Trump adviser and billionaire Elon Musk.
Those probationary workers are either newly hired, or have worked in the federal government for decades and started a new role that subjects them to a probationary status of one to two years. READ ENTIRE
Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan was on News Nation today on the Trump firings.
Del. Seibold’s Newsletter: House Budget Details on Health Care
From Del. Seibold’s newsletter: The House Budget includes increased funding for maternal health care, including $11.7m directed towards mobile maternal health clinics and $1.5m for Community Health Workers and Doulas. It also provides an increase of funding for some Medicaid services, including traumatic brain injury centers and access to obesity medication. If you have any questions, or would like to share feedback, please email delhseibold@house.virginia.gov
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AFL-CIO messages fighting back against DOGE firings: Federal workers are the heart of our government, ensuring that critical services like Social Security and Veterans Affairs benefits run smoothly. And with 85% of federal workers living outside the Washington, D.C., metro area, they’re also our friends, family members, and neighbors all across the country.
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has put thousands of good, hardworking federal workers out of a job this week—jeopardizing the programs we all depend on.
The most powerful thing you can do right now is to put a face to the DOGE’s reckless cuts. If you are a worker, or the friend or family member of a worker affected by the DOGE, we want to hear more about who you are, how you’ve helped our country, and how the DOGE is impacting you.
You can share your story anonymously or connect with us to help get your story out for everyone to hear. Get started now: go.aflcio.org/worker-story.
Unions will fight for working people every step of the way, with every tool in our toolbox. But you have power, too. Thank you for standing shoulder to shoulder with the hardworking Americans who make our country run.
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