WASHINGTON (TNS)— Unions representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers asked a U.S. judge to immediately block any mass firings by the Trump administration during the government shutdown while they press a legal challenge.

The emergency request Saturday night to U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco follows what the unions contend are a series of statements from President Donald Trump and other senior officials signaling that agencies could take action on layoff plans as early as Monday. kAmz6G:? w2DD6EE[ %CF>A’D E@A 64@?@>:4 25G:D6C :? E96 (9:E6 w@FD6[ D2:5 E96 25>:?:DEC2E:@? :D 9@=5:?8 @77 @? =2J@77D 2E =62DE F?E:= |@?52J[ H96? 2 5:G:565 $6?2E6 :D 5F6 E@ G@E6 7@C E96 7:7E9 E:>6 @? 2 DE@A82A 3:== E@ <66A 8@G6C?>6?E @A6? E9C@F89 }@G] a`] (:E9@FE s6>@4C2E:4 56764E:@?

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