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A federal judge has ordered half a dozen federal agencies to “immediately” reinstate probationary employees fired last month as part of the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly shrink the federal workforce, calling the effort a “sham.”

The preliminary injunction issued from the bench Thursday by US District Judge William Alsup requires the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior and Treasury to rehire the employees. The judge said that he might extend the order to cover other federal agencies at a later time

  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Oh they’ll do a heck of a lot more than that, buster! You better believe he’s getting a hand-written letter in angry red ink along with a petition with dozens of signatures! They’ll get it notarized and send it via certified mail. Believe you me, he will feel their bureaucratic wrath!