DOJE wins, buyouts to proceed

In a stinging defeat to federal public employee unions, Judge George O'Toole said federal employees unions that they lacked standing to bring their challenge "and that his court does not have jurisdiction to hear their complaint."

According to the report, "The judge lifted his pause on the buyouts that he first issued last week and denied the plaintiffs' request for an injunction, allowing the Trump administration to move forward with the buyouts. 'As of 7:00 PM tonight, the program is now closed,' McLaurine Pinover, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, said in a statement. 'There is no longer any doubt: the Deferred Resignation Program was both legal and a valuable option for federal employees.'"

In the unions' statement, "Everett Kelley, national president of AFGE, the largest federal employees union, representing about 800,000 workers, said 'Today's ruling is a setback in the fight for dignity and fairness for public servants. But it's not the end of that fight. Importantly, this decision did not address the underlying lawfulness of the program. We continue to maintain it is illegal to force American citizens who have dedicated their careers to public service to make a decision, in a few short days, without adequate information, about whether to uproot their families and leave their careers for what amounts to an unfunded IOU from Elon Musk.'"

AFGE is running out of options. Most importantly, Elon Musk is providing a powerful defense for continuing DOJE's scrutiny:

Simply put, AFGE's lawsuit was a desperation attempt. These early retirements help the workers retire early, too. Most of the 75,000+ workers who accepted the payoff were scheduled for retirement so this is a gift come early.

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