San Francisco – on Thursday, a federal judge in San Francisco stated that the massive dismissals of trial workers were probably unlawful, granting the short-lived relief of the trade union coalition and organization, which sued the stopping of the mass hearing by the Trump administration by the federal labor force.
US District Judge William ALSUP ordered the Personal Management Office to inform some federal agencies that there is no right to order exemptions of trial workers, including the defense department.
“OPM has no authority, based on any law in the history of the universe,” to hire or dismiss all employees except its own, said Alsup.
Complaint filed Through five trade unions and five non -profit organizations, it is one of the many processes that will ask administration efforts to reduce the workforce, which Trump called bloated and messy. Thousands of test workers have already been releasedAnd his administration is now Striving for career officials with the protection of the civil service.
Government lawyers agree that the office is not authorized to employ or dismiss employees in other agencies.
They said, however, that the staff management office asked the Agency to check and determine whether employees in the trial period were suitable for further employment. They also said that sampling employees do not guarantee employment and that only the highest employees with the highest performance and criticism of mission should be employed.
“I think that the plaintiffs combine OPM with an OPM order,” said Kelsey Helland, an assistant to the prosecutor at court on Thursday.
Coalition lawyers cheered on the order, although this does not mean that the dismissed employees will be automatically employed or that future dismissals will not take place.
“This means that in the practical effects of the Federal Government agencies should consider the court’s warning that this decision is unlawful,” said Danielle Leonard, a coalition lawyer after the hearing.
E -Mail about the commentary to the Personal Management Office and the US Department of Justice were not immediately returned on Thursday.
ALSUP ordered the office to inform about a narrow number of federal agencies represented by five non -profit organizations, which are reasons in the lawsuit, including veterans, parks, compact companies and defense. He seemed particularly concerned about exhaust gas in the defense department.
He also ordered the head of the staff office, Charles Ezella, a testimony in a telephone court of February 13, in which the bosses of the agency were told to lose trial workers.
“Agencies could get their noses in OPM, if they wanted, if they are tips, but if it is an order or a cast as an order, agencies may think that they have to follow,” he said.
It is estimated that 200,000 test employees – usually employees who have less than a year of work – between federal agencies. The complaint says that about 15,000 people are employed in California, from services, from preventing fire to veterans.
Elon Musk led the purification by the newly created performance of the government department, roaring hands With requirements, including Saturday e -Mail sent by the personnel ordering employees to mention five things they did last week or risk the dismissal. The Personnel Management Office later stated that the edict was voluntary, although employees can face Similar demands in the future.
The plaintiffs said in the complaint that many agencies informed employees that the personnel office ordered termination, with an order to utilize e -mail template informing employees that the shooting was for performance reasons.
For example, employees of the National Science Foundation curator said the foundation that she decided to stop their employees, but was repealed by the Personnel Management Office, according to the complaint.
Unions have recently hit two other federal judges.
Judge in Washington, last week he denied the movement of the relationship Temporary blocking of dismissals because he stated that their complaint should be heard in the Federal Labor Court. At the beginning of this month, the judge in Massachusetts said that Deferred resignation offer They did not touch them directly and it was not legal so to challenge her.
ALSUP said that trade unions probably have no right to sue, but non -profit organizations probably have a cause, because their members will receive government services resulting from employees ‘loss, such as parks’ pleasure, mental health services for veterans and loans for compact companies.
He was terrified that the curator’s employees were released with a sign against them for needy performance.
“Curator employees are the driving force of our government,” he said, adding that they are younger employees who work.
ALSUP, appointed by President Bill Clinton, a democrat, presided over many raucous matters and is known for his blunt conversation. Supervised the Pacific Pacific criminal sample, which he called ” continuous threat to California. “
The judge plans to issue a written order. The evidence hearing is established on March 13.
