In today’s news and commentary, two federal agencies violate a federal court order that paused the mass layoffs of federal workers; Walmart terminates some jobs in Florida following Supreme Court rulings on the legal status of migrants; and Los Angeles firefighters receive a $9.5 million settlement from a federal court case arguing that the city did not pay firefighters during shift changes.
Bloomberg Law reports that the U.S. State Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as the American Federation of Government Employees and other unions contend, have continued to participate in the mass layoffs of federal employees, despite a federal court order halting President Trump’s executive order to implement these drastic layoffs. The unions filed an urgent request for a status conference before Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to resolve the dispute. Judge Illston had previously issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting federal agencies from engaging with these mass firings. Counsel for the government argues that the agencies’ conduct does not violate the preliminary injunction because they took action following a directive from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, not in response to the executive order. The unions have requested that the status conference occur by the end of the week.
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