The decision dissolves the temporary pause the court placed on the deadline for workers to accept the Trump administration’s ...
In a written ruling Wednesday, a federal judge in Boston said unions who had sued to block the program lacked standing to obtain a temporary restraining order.
The offer’s deadline closed Wednesday after a federal judge ruled to end a temporary pause to the program ordered last week.
The judge that a group of labor unions did not have legal standing to challenge the program, commonly described as a buyout.
The judge's decision was a significant legal victory for President Trump after a string of courtroom setbacks.
A federal judge lifted a previous order pausing the program Wednesday. Soon afterward, the Office of Personnel Management announced the program was closed.