Urge Congress to Stand Up for Public Servants, Rule of Law 

President Trump and his administration has taken actions to eliminate federal jobs, undermining democratically directed government operations, and eliminate merit-based civil service protections. The full scope of the actions is overwhelming. 

Such actions include: (i) a “deferred resignation” offer to federal employees, issued based on uncertain legal authority, that would undermine staffing levels necessary to carry out essential government operations; (ii) actions and stated intent to effect large-scale reductions-in-force for specific congressionally directed functions and generally across-the-board; (iii) an executive order claiming the constitutional authority to fire senior executives, challenging the validity of clear laws to the contrary; (iv) an executive order to reclassify a substantial portion of the federal workforce into the excepted service, without merit-based protections essential to ensuring a professional, nonpartisan civil service; (v) actions taken to halt government operations (and reduce the federal workforce in agencies carrying out such operations) directed by Congress based on the preferences of the executive branch, but contrary to law; (vi) outlawing efforts to ensure a diverse federal workforce representative of the people they serve; (vii) requiring all federal workers to return to office without regard for impact on productivity, recruitment or retention, and with a likely intent to pressure employees to quit. 

Some in Congress are speaking up and supporting actions to stand up for public servants. Others are not. Contact your lawmakers today to urge they take action to counter the Trump administration actions.