The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) today announced that it was broadening a previously issued stay to halt the dismissal of all probationary employees at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Democracy Forward and our partners secured two significant legal victories, continuing its efforts to protect federal employees and block the unlawful freeze of federal funding.

The OSC has found reason to believe the Trump administration's mass firings of probationary federal workers are unlawful, recommending a halt to terminations. Learn about the complaint, the MSPB's role, and your rights.

A coalition of unions representing government employees is asking a Federal Court to pause and extend the deadline of Trump Administration’s “Fork Directive” program before a February 6 deadline that seeks to force federal employees to accept an arbitrary, unlawful, short-fused ultimatum buy-out program.