Rep. Ro Khanna and local labor union representatives are denouncing the Trump’s administration’s recent efforts to downsize the federal workforce by laying off hundreds of thousands of employees.

Dozens of locals filed into Rancho Middle School’s gym in Milpitas Thursday evening to hear the Silicon Valley Democrat and union leaders express their concerns about the well-being of current and future civil workers while suggesting ways community members can offer their support.

“We need to speak up, and have our community speak up and say we value federal workers,” Khanna said. “We value their contributions … We see them, we appreciate them and we’re going to be there for them.”

Khanna also said many federal workers are afraid to publicly share their experience and speak out against the fir

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