Federal Workers Look to Weakened Labor Agencies for Trump Shield

The federal agencies responsible for protecting the rights of government workers are only now just recovering from years of inaction, just as the incoming Trump administration is poised to renew its attack on the US civil service.

Federal workers have already been targeted by Trump advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are leading an effort known as the “Department of Government Efficiency.” They’ve called for massive cuts to the administrative state to reduce what they view as a bloated bureaucracy, and mandatory in-person office attendance—issues that will surely generate heated disputes between the government and its employees.

But ...