Second Judge Orders Trump Administration To Rehire Probationary Workers Let Go In Mass Firings

Unlocked: How the federal government hires and fires workers

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Unlocked is a new series focused on explaining U.S. federal government systems, structures, and processes. The series is produced by The Journalist’s Resource and the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, where JR is housed. The opening months of President Donald Trump’s second term have been marked by announcements, executive orders and speeches that have upended many of the formal proce…

Limited SCOTUS Ruling on Firing of 16K Probationary Workers

The US Supreme Court lifted the block from a Judge’s order, forcing the administration to rehire 16,000 probationary workers. They were fired as the administration tried to decrease the size of the bloated bureaucracy. This order came a day after a ruling in the White House’s favor to allow the continued deportation of alleged Venezuelan […] The post Limited SCOTUS Ruling on Firing of 16K Probationary Workers appeared first on www.independentsen…

Conservatives would rather vote Trump and lose everything

This is an occasional roundup of people who voted for Donald Trump and are shocked to find out no one is immune from the damage and pain he causes. Many are now grappling with the consequences of ...

They were fired in the name of efficiency based on 'a lie.' Now the VA is paying them not to work.

The night before Valentine’s Day, Ricky Noschese and his wife Laurie left their jobs at a military and veterans hospital in North Chicago and stopped to pick up a heart-shaped chocolate cake to share with their three kids, a family tradition.As he waited in the car, Noschese’s phone lit up with one of the alerts he had set up 10 months earlier, when he started supervising a team of technicians in charge of keeping equipment running at Lovell Fed…

Trump's Incredibly Inept Attempt To Destroy Our Government Is Losing In Court

If you’re anything like I am, you have probably spent a considerable amount of time over the past two months trying to figure out what these dull fuckers think they’re doing. I won’t take your time providing a full list of what they’ve done since Trump sat down in the Oval Office on inauguration night and started signing executive orders, but let us at least review the last week’s events.Last weekend, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security set …

Unemployed Forest Service workers share dire warning amid staffing crisis: 'Real and immediate consequences'

Wildfires are growing more extreme, yet the U.S. Forest Service just cut 2,000 trained workers, raising serious concerns about preparedness. While officials insist these weren't frontline firefighters, former employees and advocates warn the decision could leave communities at risk, USA Today reported. What's happening? The recent layoffs primarily affect probationary workers, a designation in the federal government referring to time of service …