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Nearly 6,000 USDA workers fired by Trump ordered back to work for now

A board ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 employees fired by the Trump administration for 45 days while legal challenges are pending.
Cathy Harris from the U.S. Merit System Protection Board blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture from firing probationary employees while the challenge continues.
The Merit Systems Protection Board's decision aligns with the Office of Special Counsel, stating that the terminated employees were not dismissed for poor performance but for restructuring.
Hampton Dellinger of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel indicated that the terminations were not performance-based, highlighting restructuring as the reason and called for all federal agencies to rescind unlawful terminations of probationary employees to avoid wasting taxpayer dollars.

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Agriculture Department employees fired by Trump administration are being reinstated, labor board says

A labor board is reinstating, at least temporarily, nearly 6,000 laid-off probationary workers from the Department of Agriculture (USDA), according to a newly issued order obtained by CNN.

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UPI

Trump admin. directed to reinstate nearly 6,000 fired USDA employees

An independent federal board has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate nearly 6,000 employees fired last month amid the Trump administration's effort to cull the federal workforce.

6 hours ago·Washington, United States

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Albuquerque Journal

USDA ordered to rehire thousands of fired employees

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has to rehire over 5,000 employees who were abruptly laid off as part of President Donald Trump’s attempts to unilaterally cut down the size of the federal government, in ways that sometimes run afoul of…

7 hours ago·Albuquerque, United States

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Arab News

US board reinstates thousands of USDA employees fired by Trump

A US board that reviews the firings of federal employees on Wednesday ordered the US Department of Agriculture to temporarily reinstate thousands of workers who lost their jobs as part of President Donald Trump’s layoffs of the federal workforce. Cathy Harris, a member of the Merit System Protection Board, ordered the USDA to reinstate fired probationary employees for 45 days

8 hours ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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NBC News

USDA ordered to temporarily reinstate thousands of fired employees

The firings of over 5,000 probationary employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture may have been unlawful, and the workers should be reinstated for at least the next 45 days, a federal civil service board ruled Wednesday.

10 hours ago·United States

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Boston Herald

Three federal workers fired at Cape Cod National Seashore: ‘We’re really concerned about the lack of staffing’

The Cape Cod National Seashore, like many national parks all across the country, is facing staff cuts as the Trump administration fires thousands of federal workers. Three full-time workers at the national seashore — the park archeologist, ecologist and the ranger in charge of park outreach — have been fired ahead of the Cape’s busy season as millions of visitors descend upon the region. These three probationary employees are among the 1,000 Nat…

11 hours ago·Boston, United States

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