Labor unions have filed a lawsuit to prevent Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive Labor Department systems containing medical and financial records of millions of Americans, including those who have filed safety complaints. The unions allege that DOGE's access to these systems, which also include information about investigations into Musk's companies like SpaceX and Tesla, as well as competitors' trade secrets, poses a threat to worker privacy and safety. DOGE, meanwhile, argues that their access is limited and that they will comply with all relevant laws.
The Labor Department has information about investigations into Musk’s companies such as SpaceX and Tesla, as well as information about competitors' trade secrets U.S. District Judge John Bates said he had concerns about Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, but the labor unions who sued to stop them haven't yet shown a legal injury.had agreed earlier this week that DOGE wouldn’t get Labor Department access until a ruling from Bates, an appointee of Republican President George W.
The suit comes as Musk, the world’s richest man, consolidates control over large swaths of the federal government with the blessing of Trump. Musk’s DOGE team has gained access to sensitive Treasury Department payment systems, largely dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development and offered financial incentives to millions of federal workers to resign.
“At every step," wrote labor union lawyers represented by the advocacy group Democracy Forward, “DOGE is violating multiple laws, from constitutional limits on executive power, to laws protecting civil servants from arbitrary threats and adverse action, to crucial protections for government data collected and stored on hundreds of millions of Americans.”
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