{"id":10990,"date":"2025-02-09T13:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T18:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=10990"},"modified":"2025-02-09T13:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T18:13:06","slug":"court-rejects-union-bid-to-halt-doge-access-to-dol-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/02\/09\/court-rejects-union-bid-to-halt-doge-access-to-dol-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Rejects Union Bid to Halt DOGE Access to DOL Information"},"content":{"rendered":"

J<\/span>udge John D. Bates late Friday night rejected<\/a> a union request for a Temporary Restraining Order that would have stopped Elon Musk’s DOGE access to confidential information on the Department of Labor’s computer servers.<\/p>\n

Then unions’ complaint<\/a> warned that<\/p>\n

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. 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

And stated that DOGE “lack statutory authority and violates the Privacy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.”<\/p>\n

DOL employees were ordered to give DOGE access to whatever they ask for\u2014or risk termination.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DOL employees were ordered<\/a> to give DOGE access to whatever they ask for\u2014or risk termination.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was filed the same day that labor-led demonstration<\/a> at the Department of Labor stopped DOGE from physically meeting with DOL officials. Judge Bates issue a temporary halt in DOGE’s activities while he considered the unions’ request.<\/p>\n

Judge Bates, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush,\u00a0 acknowledged<\/a> that \u201cThis data includes the medical and financial records of millions of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Even as he rejected the unions\u2019 request,\u00a0<\/b>Bates expressed deep concerns about DOGE accessing Labor records.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cYou have a great deal of confidence in a couple\u00a0<\/b>of\u00a0<\/b>people who, according to public reports, are very young, who have never been in the federal government, never had any training with respect to the handling\u00a0<\/b>of confidential information,\u201d Bates said. \u201cYou\u2019re asking me to just put absolute confidence in the fact that nothing inappropriate will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But he nevertheless refused to grant the Temporary Restraining Order because of the groups’ lack of “standing.”\u00a0 Standing means they must demonstrate a sufficient connection to and harm from the law or action being challenged .\u00a0 Bates found that\u00a0 the unions had “failed to show that \u201cat least one particular member is substantially likely to suffer an injury\u201d with DOGE access.”<\/p>\n

Now I’m not an attorney, but nevertheless, it doesn’t make sense to me how unions — who represent workers across the United States who clearly have concerns about the confidentiality of their information and actions —\u00a0 don’t have “standing.”<\/p>\n

And honestly, I can’t see how this nation’s business community can stand buy and watch one man — the richest man in the world — to have access to all of the country’s most valuable and confidential business data.<\/p>\n

A Setback, Not a Defeat<\/h2>\n

But all is not lost.\u00a0 One bit of encouraging news was an order by a federal judge on Saturday temporarily restricting access<\/a> by DOGE to the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems, citing a risk of “irreparable harm.”<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer also ordered DOGE to \u201cimmediately destroy any and all copies of material downloaded from the Treasury Department\u2019s records and systems, if any.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the face of it, this was a lawsuit similar to the one challenging DOGE’s access to Labor Department data.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, this is somewhat of a technical issues and the unions are working on the “standing” issue and preparing to go back into battle, and are looking to include three other federal agencies<\/a>: Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.<\/p>\n

“This is a setback, but not a defeat. “– AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler stated<\/a> that<\/p>\n

This is a setback, but not a defeat. With each passing day, public outrage at allowing Musk to access Americans\u2019 most private information grows. The AFL-CIO, our affiliated unions, partners, and allies will provide further evidence of standing and renew our efforts to block DOGE from accessing sensitive data at DOL and through our government, continuing the fight for transparency, accountability, and the protection of the fundamental rights generations of workers fought to enact.<\/p>\n

Defending this nation from internal enemies is going to be a long slog. We’re just at the beginning.\u00a0 Without Congress — which is controlled by Republicans who seem to have forgotten Congress is supposed to be a branch of government separate from the Executive branch — we are highly dependent on the courts for now.\u00a0 And judicial action, even when successful, often takes a long time.<\/p>\n

We will win some. We will lose some. There will be some steps forward and steps back.\u00a0 The important thing is to keep pressing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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