Trump Sued Over Order Making It Easier to Fire Federal Staff
- Union claims Trump’s action will ‘reshape’ civil service
- Lawsuit is one of many expected after Trump’s flurry of orders
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President Donald Trump was sued over an executive order that would make it easier to fire high-level civil service employees.
The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents US government employees across 37 agencies and departments, claimed in a lawsuit filed in Washington federal court late Monday that Trump’s move went against the intent of lawmakers since Congress established “due process rights” for federal career employees.