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Unions representing federal workers -- the American Federation of Government Employees; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; and the National Association of Government Employees -- sued to stop the resignation program.

In a Monday memo, the Office of Personnel Management said allowing government employees to telework is a “management right” that lays outside of the bargaining table.

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.