{"id":2610383,"date":"2026-06-03T20:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unions-rip-trump-order-making-federal-workers-at-will-employees\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:24:20","slug":"unions-rip-trump-order-making-federal-workers-at-will-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unions-rip-trump-order-making-federal-workers-at-will-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Unions rip Trump order making federal workers \u2018at-will\u2019 employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funions-rip-trump-order-making-federal-workers-at-will-employees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610383&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump signed an executive order reclassifying about 8,000 senior federal positions into a new \u201cSchedule Policy\/Career\u201d category, making it easier too <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >remove selected high-level career employees<\/a> and critics say this could undermine protections against political retaliation. The American Federation of Government Employees condemned the move, arguing it reduces due process rights and could discourage whistleblowers.  <\/p>\n<p>The White House, however, says the changes are meant to boost accountability for officials who shape and implement policy, with removals tied to performance, misconduct, corruption, or undermining presidential directives-while stating decisions won\u2019t consider political affiliation and that the roles remain part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devin-nunes-blasts-nsa-director-paul-nakasone-over-political-targeting-of-former-trump-official-michael-ellis\/\" title=\"Devin Nunes Blasts NSA Director Paul Nakasone over Political Targeting of Former Trump Official Michael Ellis\">career civil service<\/a>. The order effectively revives the idea of Trump\u2019s earlier first-term \u201cSchedule F\u201d proposal, which was later rescinded, and follows Office of Personnel Management rules finalized earlier this year establishing Schedule P\/C.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\"> Donald Trump<\/a> signed an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/executive-order\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3200\">executive order<\/a> Wednesday making it easier to remove thousands of senior federal employees, prompting backlash from federal worker unions that accused the administration of attempting to politicize the civil service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The order reclassifies roughly 8,000 federal positions into a new category known as \u201cSchedule Policy\/Career,\u201d affecting employees with significant policymaking responsibilities across the federal government.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4593431\/pulte-dni-poor-choice-byron-york\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bill Pulte as acting DNI a \u2018poor choice\u2019: Byron York<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4592621\/trump-iran-no-nuclear-new-interview-takeaways\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says Iran agrees to \u2018no nuclear,\u2019 and other takeaways from new interview<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4592163\/bill-pulte-attack-dog-charm-offensive-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>How Bill Pulte turned being an attack dog into a charm offensive with Trump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American Federation of Government Employees, the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friday-september-10-2021\/\" title=\"Friday | September 10, 2021\">largest federal employee union<\/a>, condemned the move, arguing it strips career workers of longstanding protections against political retaliation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a blatant attempt to corrupt the federal government by eliminating employees\u2019 due process rights so they can be fired for political reasons,\u201d AFGE National President Everett Kelley <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afge.org\/publication\/trumps-order-politicizing-federal-jobs-is-disservice-to-all-americans-afge-says\/\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelley warned that the changes could discourage whistleblowers from reporting misconduct within federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe practical implications of this action are clear,\u201d he said. \u201cWorkers who once felt comfortable reporting waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement at their place of employment because they were protected from retaliation will now be afraid for their jobs if they speak out. That is a disservice to them and to the millions of Americans who rely on the federal government every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> maintained that the executive order is designed to increase accountability among senior officials responsible for shaping and implementing federal policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a White House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2026\/06\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-increases-accountability-in-the-federal-workforce\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2026\/06\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-increases-accountability-in-the-federal-workforce\/\">fact sheet<\/a>, employees in the new classification can be removed more easily for poor performance, misconduct, corruption, or the \u201csubversion of presidential directives,\u201d without the \u201clengthy procedural hurdles that often prevent accountability.\u201d The administration said removal decisions will be made \u201cwithout regard to political affiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The positions will remain career civil service jobs rather than political appointments, according to the White House. Officials said employees will continue to be hired through nonpartisan processes and retain protections such as veterans\u2019 preference and competitive status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4586652\/trump-250-pardons-lobbying\/\"><strong>HIGH-PROFILE CONVICTS LOBBY FOR RUMORED TRUMP PARDONS AHEAD OF 250TH ANNIVERSARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration said the policy primarily affects the highest-ranking career officials in government, with roughly 97% of affected employees holding GS-15 positions or equivalent, the highest federal pay level. Those jobs include senior advisers, directors, and deputy directors in policy offices, officials responsible for drafting regulations and guidance, and employees who make major grant and funding decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The order revives the concept behind Trump\u2019s first-term \u201cSchedule F\u201d initiative, which was rescinded by former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"471\">Joe Biden<\/a>. Earlier this year, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/opm\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2322\">Office of Personnel Management<\/a> finalized regulations establishing the new Schedule P\/C classification.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump signs order to easier remove senior federal workers, unions protest \u201cSchedule Policy\/Career\u201d reclassification<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2610384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26154730494185_c42f40.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[80800,48942,38629,32640,38889],"class_list":["post-2610383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-at-will-employment","tag-federal-workers","tag-labor-unions","tag-trump-administration","tag-workers-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26154730494185_c42f40.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610387,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610383\/revisions\/2610387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}