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October 23, 2020

Federal Workers Call Trump Executive Order a "Declaration of War on the Civil Service"
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President Trump has issued an executive order that would grant him more
power to easily hire and fire tens of thousands of federal workers.
Federal employee union leaders have condemned the executive order,
calling it "the most profound undermining of the Civil Service in our
lifetimes" and the biggest change to federal workforce protections in at
least a century. The order would allow the president to crack down on
his critics - for example, public health officials who speak out about
the administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.


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