By Nate Raymond

BOSTON (Reuters) -Unions representing federal workers filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to include what they said is a partisan “loyalty question” in more than 1,700 job posts since October’s start.

Three unions including the American Federation of Government Employees alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston that a question the Office of Personnel Management mandated job applicants be asked as part of an overhaul of the civil service is unconstitutional and violates free-speech rights.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

The plan unveiled in May by OPM, the main human resources agency for the federal government, fleshed out an executive order the Republican president sig

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