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Federal Workers Opposition to Trump

This page is part of a resource collection on organizing against the second Trump administration.

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January 27.   Cayden Mak: Organizing Federal Workers to Protect Democracy.

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 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.