Elon Musk demand that federal workers document what they do causes chaos

<p>Unions ask judge to block retaliation against staff over what unnamed Pentagon official calls ‘silliest thing in 40 years’</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/feb/24/elon-musk-email-donald-trump-us-government-latest-live-politics-news">US politics live – latest updates</a></li></ul><p>Labor unions and advocacy groups have asked a federal court to prevent retaliation against government employees, after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> issued an ultimatum demanding they detail in bullet points what they do at their jobs or face dismissal.</p><p>The weekend email sent to millions of employees was the latest salvo in Musk’s campaign, authorized by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>, to dramatically downsize the federal government. Over the weekend, a coalition of groups opposed to the mass layoffs asked a court to prevent reprisals against employees who fail to reply by the deadline of Monday at midnight.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/elon-musk-federal-workers-chaos">Continue reading...</a>