Donald Trump has pledged to revive an executive order known as Schedule F that would give him the power, if re-elected president, to strip employment protections from tens of thousands of government civil servants, a step toward autocracy.
The settlement comes years after the American Federation of Government Employees filed a grievance against the Dept. of Veteran Affairs for carrying out mass firings in violation of the union's collective bargaining agreement.
A POLITICO analysis shows that pandemic-era policies reversed the trend toward a widening income gap. The move away from them threatens those gains. Which way will Biden turn?
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