Recently the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) endorsed the Model Employee Reinstatement for Ill-advised Termination (MERIT) Act, which would reinstate the tens of thousands of federal workers who were unlawfully terminated by President Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE. The bill is sponsored by Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) and had 66 cosponsors as of yesterday’s introduction.
“In so many ways, federal employees are the backbone of this country,” said NFFE National President Randy Erwin at a press conference alongside Reps. McIver and Tlaib. “It is an absolute travesty that the Trump Administration and so many in this Congress don’t understand that. Congress must take immediate action to stop the illegal firings of federal employees.”
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