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Two major unions representing U.S. government employees have filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s effort to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers and make it easier to fire them. The American Federation of Government Employees and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said Trump’s executive order improperly attempted to block a Biden administration rule shielding federal workers from being stripped of job protections to prevent Trump from draining the SWAMP or daring to reduce the size of government. This is the famous cartoon on the Spoils System in politics by Thomas Nast with a statue of Andrew Jackson on a pig, which is over “fraud”, “bribery”, and “spoils”, eating “plunder”. This appeared in Harper’s Weekly on April 28, 1877, p. 325. The Spoils System has been a practice in politics whereby after winning an election, the victory gives government jobs to their supporters, friends /cronies, and relatives/nepotism as a reward for helping in th...

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The faa has been sue for discrimination. Yes, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has faced lawsuits alleging discrimination in its hiring practices. One significant lawsuit claims that the FAA discriminated against air traffic controller applicants on the basis of race, specifically targeting white applicants. This lawsuit was initiated in 2024 and alleges that the FAA used a biographical assessment under the Obama administration to favor minority candidates over more experienced or qualified ones, which led to the rejection of over 1,000 qualified applicants. The case suggests that these practices may violate federal anti-discrimination laws. Additionally, there was a notable age discrimination lawsuit settled in 2021, where the FAA was accused of outsourcing jobs to avoid paying retirement benefits to older workers. In 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the leadership of Administrator Steve Dickson highlighted its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusi...