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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

How are unions pushing back against Trump’s attacks on labor and layoffs?

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Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), in July. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

As Donald Trump continues his drive to cull the federal workforce and consolidate his power, labor unions have emerged as some of his staunchest opponents.

Unions are battling the administration in federal courtrooms nationwide, after filing dozens of lawsuits to try to halt attempts to shed hundreds of thousands of government employees, strip collective bargaining rights from over a million workers, and gut some federal agencies.

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