Indeed, in a response filed Friday, the Trump administration acknowledged RIF notices targeted at over 4,100 federal employees working for a variety of agencies.

Ten days ago, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) filed a motion with a federal court in California for a temporary restraining order (TRO), seeking to block the Trump administration's threatened imminent mass firings of federal workers. The motion followed on the heels of the lawsuit filed by the unions as the shutdown loomed.

In that lawsuit, the unions alleged that the Office of Management and Budget violated the law by directing that federal agencies conduct mass firings of federal workers during the shutdown. It also alleged that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and its Director Scott Kupor issued unlawful and unprecedented instructions that federal employees may perform work during the federal government shutdown in order to carry out the reductions. The unions contend that the administration’s plan to fire federal employees during a shutdown is unprecedented and is an unlawful abuse of power designed to punish workers and pressure Congress.

Reductions happening. More recently, on Friday October 10, 2025, the unions filed a supplemental motion for an immediate TRO, alleging: “At 9:27 am today, October 10, 2025, OMB Director Russell Vought posted on social media: ‘The RIFs have begun.’ This corroborates...

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