Judge Widens Block on Shutdown-Related Layoffs to Cover More Federal Workers

A federal judge has broadened her order blocking the Trump administration from carrying out mass layoffs during the federal government shutdown, extending protections to tens of thousands more federal workers.

At an emergency hearing in San Francisco on Oct. 17, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston expanded her earlier temporary restraining order to cover employees represented by the National Federation of Federal Employees, the Service Employees International Union, and the National Association of Government Employees.