Summary
Trump is preparing mass layoffs for federal workers who decline its voluntary resignation offer, “Fork in the Road,” which guarantees pay through September 30 but requires workers to waive legal rights.
Over 20,000 employees have accepted, but unions argue the offer is coercive and legally dubious, filing a lawsuit to halt the February 6 deadline.
The administration warns holdouts could lose their jobs as part of Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to downsize government.
Critics say the policy mirrors Musk’s mass firings at X.
Legally dubious is very generous when several lawyers already pointed out that the US federal government cannot pay someone without a law of congress, and despite what conservatives and reactionary believe, the Congress never authorised the government to pay federal employees to do nothing for 8 months.