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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Politics
Michael Sainato

Federal workers brace for Trump with morale ‘as low as it’s ever been’

Trump looking ominous in a tuxedo against a red backdrop.
Donald Trump is expected to revive Schedule F, his executive order reclassifying federal workers and stripping them of civil service protections. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s return to office sets the stage for harassment, intimidation and “old-fashioned corruption” to spread throughout the US federal government, a top union leader has warned.

The president-elect and his allies have expressed support for the mass firing of civil service workers and abolishing certain government agencies upon his return to the White House.

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