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News: 2025
January 27. Cayden Mak: Organizing Federal Workers to Protect Democracy.
February 2. The New York Times: How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk: Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
February 18. Allison Gill: Letter From a Federal Worker.
February 22. New York Times: How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk.
February 24. PBS News: Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments.
February 25. AP News: Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE.
February 26. Chris Stein: Fired USAid workers and HIV activists hold ‘die-in’ to protest Trump and Musk.
February 27. Daniel Hunter: We’re seeing the beginnings of mass noncompliance: Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum last week, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.
March 2. Allan Smith: ‘They’ve radicalized me’: Federal workers fight back as Trump dismantles their work.
March 2. Daniel Hunter: We’re Seeing The Beginnings Of Mass Noncompliance: Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum last week, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.
March 6. Daniel Wiessner: US federal workers hit back at Trump mass firings with class action complaints.
April 1. Democracy Now! Workers vs. Musk: Federal Unions Resist Attacks on Bargaining Rights & Cuts to Essential Services.
May 18. Sarah D. Wire: These fired federal employees are considering running for public office.
June 25. Chris Dols & Alissa Tafti: Federal Workers Are Organizing for Democracy—from the Inside Out.
June 30. Associated Press: EPA employees sign ‘declaration of dissent’ over agency moves under Trump: More than 170 EPA employees signed letter, with about 100 more signing anonymously out of fear of retaliation.
August 28. Brandy Zadrozny: CDC employees walk out to rally in support of ousted leaders.
August 28. The Washington Post: CDC leaders who resigned said RFK Jr. undermined vaccine science, risking lives.