Unions Win Right to Challenge Trump Layoffs Through Courts (2)

Public sector unions can challenge the firings of their members in federal court, in addition to bringing the disputes to independent administrative boards, a federal judge said.

The ruling is a major win for employee unions challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to cut down the federal workforce, opening the door for more legal challenges of policies that triggered thousands of terminations.

Unions can bring their claims about the firing of 16,000 probationary workers to the US District Court for the Northern District of California, Judge William Alsup said late Monday, reversing his previous order on the topic.

“My earlier ruling ...