A federal judge has extended an order preventing the Trump administration from laying off thousands of federal employees during the ongoing government shutdown - a decision hailed by labor unions as a major victory for workers. US district judge Susan Illston in San Francisco on Tuesday converted her earlier temporary restraining order (TRO) into a preliminary injunction, barring the administration from issuing reduction-in-force (RIF) notices until the federal government reopens, according to CNBC. The order comes amid the second-longest government shutdown in US history, triggered by a funding lapse. The American federation of state, county and municipal employees (AFSCME) and the American federation of government employees (AFGE) had jointly filed a lawsuit to block the Trump admini

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