Judge extends temporary restraining order blocking RIFs during shutdown to three more unions
Judge extends temporary restraining order blocking RIFs during shutdown to three more unions  
Podcast: The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Published On: Fri Oct 24 2025
Description: Federal employees are getting a reprieve from the round of reductions in force the Trump administration threatened to impose during the government shutdown this week for a second time, a federal judge extended a temporary restraining order blocking those RIFs to even more federal unions. But we still don't know how many jobs the administration is actually trying to cut, or exactly where Federal News Network's Jared serbo has been following the case, and he joins us now with an update on where things stand.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.