Union Sues Over Shutdown Of Banking Oversight

NBC News reports:

A union filed two lawsuits against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director, Russell Vought, on Sunday after Vought issued a series of directives halting much of the bureau’s activity. The lawsuits were filed by the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents employees in the CFPB.

The filing that centered on Vought’s email argued that a judge should declare “that Defendant Vought’s directive to the CFPB’s employees to stop their supervision and enforcement work is unlawful” and stop Vought from additional attempts to pause this work.

The other lawsuit says three DOGE-affiliated staffers were onboarded into the bureau’s internal communications system. The union argued that the DOGE-affiliated staffers should not be allowed to access CFPB systems, including employee information.

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