The president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Everett Kelley, has condemned Elon Musk's recent request for federal employees to account for the work they did in the past week or face dismissal as "cruel and disrespectful."
Kelley said the union would continue to legally challenge "any unlawful terminations of our members and federal employees across the country" by the Tesla CEO and Donald Trump's administration.
Newsweek contacted AFGE for comment by email on Sunday morning, and Musk via Tesla, outside of standard working hours.
Since Trump's inauguration, his administration has implemented aggressive efforts to shrink the size of the federal government, which the president has called "bloated" and filled with "people that are unnecessary."
Mass layoffs of federal employees ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Musk have sparked outrage, especially as the "special government employee" is seen by many as an unelected billionaire slashing the federal workforce without the possibility of being held accountable for his actions.
On Saturday, Musk wrote in a post published on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that federal employees would have to justify their work or lose their job.
"Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week," Musk wrote. "Failure to respond will be...
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