The National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) has filed a lawsuit against Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, seeking an injunction to prevent the government from defaulting on its debts due to the current debt limit. The lawsuit claims that the union’s workers are “at immediate and imminent risk of layoff or furlough” if a deal is not reached to increase the government’s borrowing limit. NAGE President David J. Holway said the debt limit “puts our members’ jobs and livelihoods at risk” and the union is “fighting to protect the economic security of our members and their families.”