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Michael Sainato
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Labor reporter @TheGuardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/profile/michael-sainato
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 14d
I spoke with federal workers who took the deferred resignation program set to take effect on September 30

"I was forced to" one worker said "through fear and intimidation."

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US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts
Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 17h
Outside of Portland's ICE facility last night, Kenny from South Park got married to a unicorn.

The betrothed Portland couple said they decided to get hitched on site to bring some joy and fun to a dark time.

"People can be fun loving people and still protest."

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1h
I spoke with federal workers, furloughed and working without pay, about their experiences during the government shutdown with firings and threats of withholding backpay
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‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay
Employees express growing anxiety over their pay – and the future of their jobs – amid the US government shutdown
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1h
I spoke with federal workers, furloughed and working without pay, about their experiences during the government shutdown with firings and threats of withholding backpay
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay
Employees express growing anxiety over their pay – and the future of their jobs – amid the US government shutdown
www.theguardian.com
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1d
Workers in the Office of Special Education Programs at the Department of Education noted their Reduction-In-Force notices came a day before their longtime director's funeral today

www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/w...
Gregory Corr Obituary - Washington, DC
Celebrate the life of Gregory Corr, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Joseph Gawler's Sons, LLC.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1d
RIF notice at Department of Education claiming firings are necessary due to government shut down
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1d
Workers in the Office of Special Education Programs at the Department of Education noted their Reduction-In-Force notices came a day before their longtime director's funeral today

www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/w...
Gregory Corr Obituary - Washington, DC
Celebrate the life of Gregory Corr, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Joseph Gawler's Sons, LLC.
www.dignitymemorial.com
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1d
Many employees don't know if they've because they have no email access while furloughed during the shutdown
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1d
RIF notice at Department of Education claiming firings are necessary due to government shut down
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1d
RIF notice at Department of Education claiming firings are necessary due to government shut down
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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 1d
The Trump Admin is using this shutdown to illegally fire federal workers and instead of allowing us to come back and vote on reopening the government, House Republicans are extending their vacation another week.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 1d
The White House announced layoffs of federal workers on Friday, making good on a threat it had made in response to the US government shutdown, which now appears set to stretch into a third straight week.
White House announces federal worker layoffs as shutdown nears third week
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1d
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White House announces federal worker layoffs as shutdown nears third week
AFL-CIO vows to take issue to court as AFSCME union leader warns of ‘devastating effects’ for Americans
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1d
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White House announces federal worker layoffs as shutdown nears third week
AFL-CIO vows to take issue to court as AFSCME union leader warns of ‘devastating effects’ for Americans
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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 1d
"These mass firings are illegal, and will have devastating effects on the services millions of Americans rely on every day."

Full statement from President Saunders on the administration's announcement to use the shutdown to carry out illegal RIFs:
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1d
AFGE responds to Trump administration's announcement of RIFs today, say thousands of furloughed federal workers are being fired illegally. The union had filed a lawsuit to block the firings. A federal judge gave the Trump admin a deadline of 6pm today to provide all details of layoff plans
Largest federal employee union demands Congress end the government shutdown immediately WASHINGTON – Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest union representing more than 800,000 federal and D.C. government employees condemned the Trump administration’s decision to illegally fire thousands of federal employees during the government shutdown. AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement: “It is disgraceful that the Trump administration has used the government shutdown as an excuse to illegally fire thousands of workers who provide critical services to communities across the country. “These workers show up every day to serve the American people, and for the past nine months have been met with nothing but cruelty and viciousness from President Trump. Every single American citizen should be outraged. “Federal workers are tired of being used as pawns for the political and personal gains of the elected and un-elected leaders. It’s time for Congress to do their jobs and negotiate an end to this shutdown immediately. “In AFGE’s 93 years of existence under several presidential administrations – including during Trump’s first term – no president has ever decided to fire thousands of furloughed workers during a government shutdown. “AFGE is currently challenging President Trump’s illegal, unprecedented, abuse of power and we will not stop fighting until every reduction-in-force notice is rescinded.”
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 1d
AFGE responds to Trump administration's announcement of RIFs today, say thousands of furloughed federal workers are being fired illegally. The union had filed a lawsuit to block the firings. A federal judge gave the Trump admin a deadline of 6pm today to provide all details of layoff plans
Largest federal employee union demands Congress end the government shutdown immediately WASHINGTON – Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest union representing more than 800,000 federal and D.C. government employees condemned the Trump administration’s decision to illegally fire thousands of federal employees during the government shutdown. AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement: “It is disgraceful that the Trump administration has used the government shutdown as an excuse to illegally fire thousands of workers who provide critical services to communities across the country. “These workers show up every day to serve the American people, and for the past nine months have been met with nothing but cruelty and viciousness from President Trump. Every single American citizen should be outraged. “Federal workers are tired of being used as pawns for the political and personal gains of the elected and un-elected leaders. It’s time for Congress to do their jobs and negotiate an end to this shutdown immediately. “In AFGE’s 93 years of existence under several presidential administrations – including during Trump’s first term – no president has ever decided to fire thousands of furloughed workers during a government shutdown. “AFGE is currently challenging President Trump’s illegal, unprecedented, abuse of power and we will not stop fighting until every reduction-in-force notice is rescinded.”
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 2d
NEW: L.A. Times journalists just voted to authorize the newsroom’s first open-ended strike.

Eighty-five percent of the @latguild.bsky.social voted to support the strike. Just over 200 workers — 98% of members — took part in the historic vote.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 2d
“Why is academia bending over and folding on our basic principles in such a blatant way? It’s a violation of the first amendment in such a blatant way that nobody should have obeyed it. But instead, there is this climate of fear.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts
As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 2d
“Why is academia bending over and folding on our basic principles in such a blatant way? It’s a violation of the first amendment in such a blatant way that nobody should have obeyed it. But instead, there is this climate of fear.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts
As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process
www.theguardian.com
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 2d
In a moment when our democracy feels fragile & our freedoms under attack, 32k home care workers in Michigan are giving us something powerful: hope. These powerful workers fought, won & took back their union. Congrats to the workers w/ MI Home Care Workers United & @seiuhcmi.bsky.social #UnionsForAll
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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · 2d
The UCLA Labor Center is deeply saddened to share that Kent Wong, our former director for more than 30 years, has passed away. His legacy lives on with every staff member and student at the UCLA Labor Center.

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Statement on the passing of former director Kent Wong
The UCLA Labor Center is deeply saddened to share that Kent Wong, our former director for more than 30 years, has passed away. Since joining the UCLA Labor Center in 1991, Wong had been a…
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 2d
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 3d
UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.

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Kent Wong on Solidarity: action
YouTube video by W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 4d
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Democrats introduce bill to help federal workers cover childcare costs during shutdown
Exclusive: employees would be reimbursed for fees paid to childcare facilities under plans initiated by Ilhan Omar
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 4d
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats introduce bill to help federal workers cover childcare costs during shutdown
Exclusive: employees would be reimbursed for fees paid to childcare facilities under plans initiated by Ilhan Omar
www.theguardian.com
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 4d
This deal has now more than doubled to $440 million by 2027 for Kristi Noem's border propaganda ads, with Noem already spending $219.9 million on these ads to Republican media companies

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Homeland Security budgets $200m for new border ad campaign
In the ads, Kristi Noem praises President Trump and warns migrants in the US illegally that “we will find you.”
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