President Trump has initiated a sweeping termination of thousands of probationary federal workers, citing subpar job performance. The mass firings, affecting veterans and workers with disabilities, have sparked legal challenges and union protests. Critics argue many had received positive evaluations or were too new to be rated.
A article published by The Washington Post on Monday referred to the endeavor as a “messy rush.” The grounds that President Donald Trump has given for firing thousands of government employees are questionable and are likely to be challenged in court.
President Trump has primarily gone after “probationary” workers so far because they are relatively new to their agency and do not yet have full civil service protections. A separate effort has been made by Trump to place a wide variety of workers under the “Schedule F” classification, which would completely abolish their protections.
The study claims that individuals with disabilities, veterans, and long-term employees who had just switched agencies were all affected by these probationary firings, along with others who had been hired under a program that expedited the hiring process but placed them on probation for two years.
Union leaders have pledged to challenge the mass firings in court, despite the fact that probationary federal workers have fewer rights to appeal termination compared to regular federal employees, The Raw Story reports. There have been rumblings that the biggest union representing government employees intends to challenge the layoffs in court.
The report went on to say that one of the main issues is that “the termination letters hitting inboxes all struck the same note: Probationary workers were getting the ax for poor job performance. But many of those fired had just received positive reviews, or had not worked in the government long enough to receive even a single rating, according to interviews with federal employees and documents obtained by The Post. Internal communications from the Office of Personnel Management obtained by The Post appeared to tie the performance directive to Trump’s plans.”
Across a wide variety of organizations, these terminations have been widespread and widespread in scope. Among those who were terminated were members of the air traffic control personnel. These terminations occurred over the course of a few weeks, during which time there were many high-profile commercial jet tragedies.
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