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M<\/span>illions of American workers converged on the U.S. Department of Labor yesterday blocking oligarch Elon Musk’s impending hostile and illegal takeover<\/a> of the Department and the confidential records and economic data that its computer servers hold.<\/p>\n

It was the biggest labor demonstration in world history. Period!<\/p>\n

The result: Musk and his teen minions were forced to meet “virtually” with DOL staff.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a federal court has temporarily blocked DOGE’s access to DOL computers containing confidential information.<\/p>\n

OK,\u00a0 I may have exaggerated the size the size of the demonstration. Millions were there in spirit, but “only” a few thousand or maybe many hundreds were there physically.<\/p>\n

But I did not exaggerate the impact. The counter-offensive has begun! And it’s succeeding.<\/p>\n

According to the Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, Musk\u2019s team also reached out to engage with the Labor Department. Senior department leaders told staffers who handle sensitive data that they would begin working with DOGE in the coming weeks, beginning with an in-office meeting Wednesday, according to an agency staffer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. DOGE assignments would override the team\u2019s normal duties, the staffer said. But senior leadership moved Wednesday\u2019s meeting from in-person to virtual after labor unions, including the AFL-CIO, announced a protest of DOGE outside the Labor Department.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"ElonTemporary Hold<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates has issued an order<\/a> temporarily holding DOGE’s imminent plan to access the Labor Department’s information systems pending a hearing tomorrow. The hold was in response to a lawsuit filed by the AFL-CIO and a number of unions. (A federal judge has also paused the deadline<\/a> for Trump administration\u2019s buyout program.)<\/p>\n

The AFL-CIO, along with AFGE, AFSCME, SEIU, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Economic Policy Institute filed an emergency lawsuit<\/a> yesterday protecting the confidential information of America\u2019s working people and data vital to measuring the health of the American economy.<\/p>\n

The parties requested a Temporary Restraining Order to keep Musk out to the Department’s databases, stating that<\/p>\n

Absent this Court\u2019s intervention, DOGE will have access to highly sensitive data, including, among many others, medical and benefits information about all federal workers with worker compensation or Black Lung claims, the identities of vulnerable workers who have sought the Department\u2019s protection via wage and hour or occupational safety complaints, and investigative and litigation records of the Bureau of Labor Statistics data crucial to an accurate understanding of the state of our economy.<\/p>\n

DOGE will also have access to information regarding investigations of Mr. Musk\u2019s corporate interests and the sensitive trade secret information held by the Department, including those of the competitors of those corporate interests.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit cites violation of the The Privacy Act of 1974, which “was passed to ‘provide certain safeguards for an individual against an invasion of personal privacy by requiring Federal agencies’ to, among other things, ‘collect, maintain, use, or disseminate any record of identifiable personal information in a manner that assures that such action is for a necessary and lawful purpose . . . and that adequate safeguards are provided to prevent misuses of such information.'”<\/p>\n

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Thank God and working people that we still have a strong labor movement in this country. Organized labor may be small in size, but they are mighty in power.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And to counter Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (which is neither a department, nor about government efficiency), the AFL-CIO has launched<\/a> the Department of People who Work for a Living<\/a> (DPWL) “the federal government works for working people and isn\u2019t destroyed by billionaires like Elon Musk.” DPWL will be collecting stories from workers and working families who are affected by the Trump administration\u2019s new policies.<\/p>\n

Bottom line<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First, thank God and working people that we still have a strong labor movement in this country. Organized labor may be small in size, but they are mighty in power.<\/p>\n

Second, we’re only at the very beginning of this travesty, but fighting back works. Things may seem kind of desperate now, but don’t lose hope.\u00a0 Get in contact with your federal and state representatives, educate the media, go to demonstrations, support organizations like unions and Democracy Forward<\/a> and Public Citizen<\/a> that are filing lawsuits.<\/p>\n

We will fight back. We will protect workers.\u00a0 It won’t be easy — the courts are slow, Democrats are confused and in the minority in Congress. But working together, we will succeed.<\/p>\n

This too shall pass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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