Posts tagged Voice of America
How are unions pushing back against Trump’s attacks on labor and layoffs?
October 21, 2025 // Unions are battling the administration in federal courtrooms nationwide, after filing dozens of lawsuits to try to halt attempts to shed hundreds of thousands of government employees, strip collective bargaining rights from over a million workers, and gut some federal agencies. On Wednesday, they made a significant breakthrough: Judge Susan Illston, of the US district court’s northern district of California, granted a temporary restraining order blocking Trump’s latest mass layoffs from the government shutdown.
Hundreds of VOA employees set to be axed amid legal fight with Trump
May 19, 2025 // The VOA workforce includes roughly 1,350 employees. Full-time employees were not affected by the terminations, but there’s an expectation that those positions will be considered later, according to several people familiar with the situation who all spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. Lake said 584 total employees were terminated across USAGM, which also includes the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. She didn’t provide a breakdown but said the majority were from VOA.