Summary

Trump is preparing mass layoffs for federal workers who decline its voluntary resignation offer, “Fork in the Road,” which guarantees pay through September 30 but requires workers to waive legal rights.

Over 20,000 employees have accepted, but unions argue the offer is coercive and legally dubious, filing a lawsuit to halt the February 6 deadline.

The administration warns holdouts could lose their jobs as part of Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to downsize government.

Critics say the policy mirrors Musk’s mass firings at X.

  • BooBerry
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    3 hours ago

    By turning it into a neo Nazi cesspool. And that is exactly what he wants to do with the government.

      • TheFogan@programming.dev
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        Which fricking is insane… because while a pain in the ass, social media is optional to begin with, and if you organize your friends together, you can all go join a mastadon instance or any number of other options. If I knew an easy way to leave the US, I’d have considered the option a long time ago.

        • GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Honestly, as I start to correlate the two, it really seems like a similar issue to me. Besides of course, emigrating also having barriers to entry based on economic status and/or skills, and the extreme difference in importance.

          One of the most daunting tasks of either is rebuilding your support network or taking them with you.