Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: reinstate most fired probationary staff Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:54:57 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: Reply-To: JAB MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:55:00 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a8505496092dd9dd73d3ca8f7445977e"; logging-data="4097450"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19DlrHnDM4JUpoVn05S+BP+" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:VBMyFOugMgyWgekstmADmXVgWNM= Bytes: 2249 Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate most fired probationary staff Ruling by California judge applies to thousands of employees dismissed from six federal agencies A federal judge in California granted a preliminary injunction to reinstate thousands of fired probationary workers at federal agencies as part of a lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government Employees. The ruling by the judge William H Alsup in the US district court for the northern district of California applies to fired probationary employees at the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior and the Department of the Treasury. At least 30,000 probationary employees working for the federal government have been fired as part of the efforts of Donald Trump and Elon Musk's so-called "department of government efficiency" to slash the federal workforce and government expenditures. Many of the employees were fired with the cited reason being poor performance, though workers have disputed this based on positive performance evaluations. Alsup said it was a "lie" that the probationary workers who were fired had performance issues. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/federal-court-orders-fired-workers-doge