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

US agriculture department says it will reinstate fired probationary workers by Wednesday deadline

The US department of agriculture will comply with the Wednesday deadline issued by a federal board to temporarily reinstate its fired probationary employees, according to an agency statement.

USDA says it will reinstate all fired probationary employees

U.S. Forest Service employees haul debris off of Deer Mountain near Ketchikan on September 27, 2024. (Jack Darrell/KRBD) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday that all recently terminated probationary employees will be rehired, with back pay — starting Wednesday. That’s to comply with a March 12 deadline imposed by an independent federal board. The Merit Systems Protections Board ordered the department to temporarily reinst…

Future uncertain for Willows USDA employee fired by Trump administration

WILLOWS — When Emily Wine left work on her birthday, Feb. 13, the soil conservationist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Glenn County Farm Service Agency in Willows, expected to return on Valentine’s Day for another ordinary day of work at the office but what greeted her when she got to the office was anything but normal. “I’d been fired by email the night before at 8 o’clock,” said Wine. “I had to get all my stuff cleared out and all the fi…

Federal board temporarily reinstates fired Montana USDA workers

A federal agency that protects government employees the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board recently issued a stay, making the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) temporarily reinstate almost 6,000 workers. The filing comes in support of a recently fired U.S. Forest Service forestry technician, one of thousands who lost their jobs in February's federal cuts.Watch the full story: Federal board temporarily reinstates fired Montana USDA workersTh…

Labor board orders reinstatement of probationary employees but Idahoans not reinstated yet

Hundreds of terminated federal workers might have hope on the horizon, after a federal labor board issued an order to reinstate all probationary employees.

USDA Told to Reinstate 6,000 Fired Workers Pending Review

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been ordered to temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 workers recently fired by the Trump administration. The order from the MSPB — the Merit Systems Protection Board — requires the USDA to return the fired workers to their jobs for 45 days while it investigates whether they were unlawfully terminated. The ruling came just days after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from firing MSPB board membe…