Washington, Feb 6, 2025 (AFP) - US federal workers facing Thursday deadline for resignation deal

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2025-02-06

Two million US federal workers face a deadline of Thursday to quit with a guarantee of eight months' more paid work or risk being fired on the spot -- a deal derided by labor groups as a "scam" calculated to undermine the civil service. President Donald Trump's so-called "A Fork in the Road" initiative, the most sweeping move against federal spending since he returned to office on January 20, has been wrongly characterized as a "buyout." Governme......

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