A proposal by the Office of Personnel Management may reclassify about 50,000 federal civil servants as 'at-will' employees, stripping them of their civil service protections. This initiative, favored by President Trump and his allies, aims to enable quicker dismissals for those not aligning with executive policies. The American Federation of Government Employees warns this move is part of a broader attempt to politicize government roles and compromise the integrity of the civil service, raising concerns about merit-based hiring practices.
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.
Reclassifying workers will allow the federal government to finally be 'run like a business,' enabling swift firing of employees not aligning with presidential policies.
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