New Rule Strips Rights from Thousands of Federal Workers
#ScheduleF was an attempt to create a new federal employment category that would let #WhiteHouse reclassify 1000s of career #civilservants in “policy-related” roles and strip them of key job protections.
Once reclassified, employees subject to the new rule would become much easier to remove, making their continued employment far more contingent on political leadership than on merit-based civil service protections.
https://scilight.substack.com/p/new-rule-strips-rights-from-thousands
New Rule Strips Rights from Thousands of Federal Workers

It’s also an attack on knowledge

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#FederalAgencies will be in charge of setting up #JobProtections for their own employees that accuse them of wrongdoing, such as violating the #law or wasting money [who decides what is waste?]. That would be a change from the past, when an #independent office known as the Office of the Special Counsel [#OSC] handled #whistleblower disclosures from most civilian #FederalWorkers.

#Trump #law #labor #ScheduleF #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState

#Trump will have the power to select which government positions will lose their #JobProtections, according to the statement.

‼️The Trump admin is also changing how long-standing #legal #protections that prohibit #US #government agencies from retaliating against #whistleblowers will be enforced, according to the statement.

#law #labor #ScheduleF #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState

The overhaul, released by the Office of Personnel Management [#OPM], fulfills a campaign promise for #Trump to strip #JobProtections from #FederalWorkers that his team deems to be "influencing" #government policy. It is the biggest change to the rules governing the #CivilService in more than a century. Trump called the overhaul "#ScheduleF" during his first administration.

#law #democracy #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState

#Trump tightens control over 50,000 #FederalWorkers

The Trump admin on Thursday finalized its overhaul of the #US government's #CivilService system, according to a #government statement, giving the #president the power to hire & fire an estimated 50,000 career #federal employees.

#law #democracy #Constitution #Congress #ChecksAndBalances #independence #ScheduleF #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-expand-his-control-over-federal-workers-2026-02-05/

#Trump accelerating efforts 2 transform #nonpartisan #merit based federal #workforce into 1 that demands rewards #loyalty 2 #president, according 2 #civilservants #publicservice experts, #employment #attorneys. Ongoing shift would ditch decades-old rules that were intended 2 ensure that federal #hiring #retention #promotion decisions R based largely on employees’ #skills #knowledge #experience, say the workers, experts and #attorneys.#maga #politics #government #scheduleF https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-accelerates-push-to-reward-loyalty-in-federal-workforce/ar-AA1GN8nG
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US PEOPLE DUE MAY 23, 2025

(from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein's email)

"Schedule F is one of the systemic changes that frightens me the most.

What’s Schedule F? It’s a proposal by the Trump Administration to remove safeguards that ensure federal civil servants are a politically independent body.

Imagine the career civil servants who safeguard drinking water being selected by Nestlé after they’ve paid for a fancy dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Imagine Chevron choosing the clean air regulators at EPA after they’ve made a big donation to JD Vance. Schedule F is a fucking disaster.

  • Go to this link: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/23/2025-06904/improving-performance-accountability-and-responsiveness-in-the-civil-service

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  • I oppose this proposed rule in its entirety, and every section of the proposed rule, as it allows for the reintroduction of a "spoils" system to the federal civil service. The proposed rule allows any given Administration to replace the nation's professional cadre of policy experts who serve the Constitution across Administrations with individuals who subordinate their duty to the Constitution and the law to partisan loyalties.
  • I oppose the creation of the Schedule Policy/Career as a new category of Excepted Service under 5 CFR Part 213. Moving career civil servants into a category of at-will employment makes those civil service positions vulnerable to political manipulation and influence, including by putting those employees at risk of termination should their efforts to uphold the federal oath of employment to defend the Constitution conflict with a political appointee's belief that the employee has failed to "faithfully implement administration policies to the best of their ability," as required under the proposed amendment to Sec. 213.3501(b).
  • I oppose the amendment of 5 CFR part 752 that removes the right of career civil servants to appeal the transfer of their position into an Excepted Service category, including the proposed Schedule Policy/Career category. The removal of such protection violates the Fifth Amendment due process rights of federal civil servants, specifically by removing the employees' interest in their tenure protections. See Cleveland Bd. of Educ. v. Loudermill, 70 U.S. 532, 541 (1985).
  • The proposed amendments to 5 CFR Part 213 and 5 CFR part 752 are, additionally, contrary to Congress's intent to create a merit-based civil service free from undue partisan political influence, in accordance with the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and the Civil Service Due Process Amendments Act of 1990. Congress has determined that an effective and efficient federal civil service must be protected from partisan and improper influences. The current Excepted Services categories are intentionally limited and narrow in scope to properly carry out Congress's intent. OPM may not choose to disregard Congressional mandates in the manner proposed in this rule."
  • #USA #US #ScheduleF #CivilServants

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    [PSA] OPM Proposed Rule Could Politicize the Civil Service — Public Comments Due by May 23

    Heads up: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule (OPM–2025–0004) that would let the President fire career federal employees in certain policy-related roles at will—with no due process and no right to appeal.This is basically a rebranded version of Trump’s old “Schedule F” plan, now called Schedule Policy/Career. These jobs would technically remain “career” positions, but the people in them could be fired for any reason—or no reason at all.These are not political appointees. These are career professionals—scientists, policy analysts, economists, legal experts—who implement laws passed by Congress and serve across multiple administrations. They swear an oath to the Constitution, not to a president.🚩 If this rule goes into effect, we’re talking about:A major rollback of civil service protectionsA pathway to loyalty-based hiring/firingIncreased fear of retaliation among whistleblowersInstability in long-term governance (especially across transitions)This opens the door to political purges of the federal workforce—something the U.S. has historically rejected in favor of a merit-based, nonpartisan civil service.🗣️ You can submit a public comment through May 23. Even a short comment helps show public concern.📍 Link to comment: https://www.regulations.gov/document/OPM-2025-0004-0001Let’s keep career public servants focused on the law and the Constitution—not partisan loyalty.OPM #ScheduleF #CivilService #Politics #Rulemaking #Democracy #PublicComment #MeritNotLoyalty

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    As I've mentioned a few times, the Trump regime is undoubtedly aware that there will be opposition inside the US federal workforce to its plans to repurpose the machinery of state to accomplish objectively fascist objectives. Which is of course why they're also working to give Der Leader the power to purge anyone who won't enact their heinous ideology in government, and presumably replace them with Heritage Foundation-trained obedient little nazis; as was leaked during Trump's 2024 election campaign.

    As this Common Dreams article notes, this plan was originally called Schedule F when Trump tried to enact it near the end of his first term, but the fascists haven't abandoned the project because it's a vital step in enacting their reactionary, Christian Nationalist agenda. Now Trump is attempting to progress this ideological purge and restacking scheme forward under a new title, "Schedule Policy/Career," to ensure nobody with a conscience inside the government sticks around long enough to object to their fascist activities.

    Trump Advances Plan to Fill Federal Government With 'Political Cronies'

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/trumps-schedule-f-plan

    "Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), said Friday's announcement was the latest "in a series of deliberate moves by this administration to corrupt the federal government and replace qualified public servants with political cronies."

    "President Trump's action to politicize the work of tens of thousands of career federal employees will erode the government's merit-based hiring system and undermine the professional civil service that Americans rely on," said Kelley. "Politicizing the career civil service is a threat to our democracy and to the integrity of all the programs and services Americans rely on."

    On some level, what the regime is attempting to do here amounts to a "jobs for cracker Republicans, and nobody else" program. But none of the stories about Trump politicizing the American government can be properly contextualized in a vacuum. The fact is that this is a fascist regime, attempting to force the entire US government to enforce a fascist "unreality" on society that would justify and enable their Christian Nationalist plans and intentions. Every single horrible thing Trump wants to do, every single idea the nazis want to turn in its head to harm rather than help people, becomes easier if the regime can purge opposition from the government and stack thousands of civil service positions with folks who ideologically support all this fascist bullshit.

    Archived: https://archive.ph/swEG3

    #Fascism #Trump #USPol #ScheduleF #ChristianNationalism #Purge #IdeologicalPolicing #LaborRights #AFGE #EverettKelley

    Trump Advances Plan to Fill Federal Government With 'Political Cronies' | Common Dreams

    The largest federal labor union warns of mass firings of career civil servants under a new rule proposed by Trump. Will the politicization of federal jobs jeopardize our democracy and essential services? Stand up to protect our merit-based federal workforce before it's too late.

    Common Dreams
    @marcelias.bsky.social discusses Trump's #ScheduleF plan with @briantylercohen.bsky.social that, if it were to succeed would allow him to replace 50,000 federal employees and replace them with his own sycophants and lackeys Ala #Project2025... youtu.be/_Frm0muP7Uo?...

    Trump barrels ahead with NIGHT...
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    Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group.

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