Federal Workers’ Union Tells Members: Don’t Resign Via That Email

American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), nan nationalist representing 750,000 nationalist employees, told members connected Wednesday to not resign via an email sent to them by nan US Office of Personnel Management. The email sent connected Tuesday prompted labour to resign from activity by accepting a “deferred resignation” relationship successful which they would beryllium exempted from return-to-office requirements instituted nether President Donald Trump’s caller administration.

“There is not yet immoderate grounds nan guidance tin aliases will uphold its extremity of nan bargain, that Congress will spell connected pinch this unilateral monolithic restructuring, aliases that appropriated costs tin beryllium utilized this way, among different issues that personification been raised,” nan nationalist says successful its announcement to members, a transcript of which was obtained by The Verge. “We are encouraging AFGE members NOT to resign aliases respond to this email until you personification received further accusation and clarification.”

The union’s email too includes often asked questions astir nan offer, which has caused panic and upset among nan nationalist workforce. For one, location personification been inconsistencies betwixt nan email and different circulating memos, for illustration whether labour would beryllium required to activity during nan clip they resign and September 30th. The FAQ conception too warns nationalist members that nan deferred resignation benefits are vague and questions whether OPM moreover has nan ineligible authority to relationship nan purported benefits.

“Employees should not return nan Program astatine look value,” a conception of nan FAQ reads.

Separately, AFGE and nan American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) announced they were suing nan Trump guidance complete its efforts to make it easier to occurrence civilian servants.

The OPM email, which was later published connected nan office’s website, is akin successful immoderate ways to relationship Twitter labour received from Elon Musk aft he bought nan level successful 2022. The OPM announcement includes nan taxable connection “Fork successful nan Road” — nan aforesaid taxable connection Musk utilized successful an email to Twitter unit pressuring them to perpetrate to his imagination for nan institution aliases quit. This week, Wired reported that OPM, which is fundamentally nan nationalist government’s HR division, had been taken complete by individuals linked to Musk’s various businesses. In different move consecutive retired of nan Twitter takeover playbook, Musk is reportedly sleeping astatine nan offices of nan Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), nan renamed agency that nan Trump authorities is now successful title of.