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US federal workers hit back at Trump mass firings with class action complaints

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Law firms say they have filed six appeals with the federal Merit Systems Protection Board since last week .

They plan to bring about 15 more on an agency-by-agency basis on behalf of large groups of workers who were fired in recent weeks .

Federal workers must go through the merit board to challenge their terminations.

The board's work could be brought to a standstill if President Trump succeeds in removing the board's only Democratic member.

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