White House announces federal worker layoffs as shutdown nears third week

White House announces federal worker layoffs as shutdown nears third week

Curated from US news | The Guardian — Here’s what matters right now:

AFL-CIO vows to take issue to court as AFSCME union leader warns of ‘devastating effects’ for Americans US politics live – latest updates The White House announced layoffs of federal workers on Friday, making good on a threat it had made in response to the US government shutdown, which now appears set to stretch into a third straight week. Russell Vought, the director of the White House office of management and budget, wrote on social media that “RIFs have begun”, referring to the government’s reduction-in-force procedure to let employees go. Continue reading...

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Original reporting: US news | The Guardian

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