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Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired workers

Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired workers
Critics say Donald Trump's plan to get rid of half the Department of Education's staff will hurt children across the US. (Image: 123rf)
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By Erin Mulvaney, Joseph De Avila and Lindsay EllisA US judge has ordered six federal agencies to reinstate thousands of probationary employees who were fired last month, dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to rapidly scale back the size of the federal workforce. US District Judge William Alsup in California said on Thursday that probationary workers from the departments of Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Treasury, Defence and Veterans Affairs should be offered their jobs back immediately.He described the process by w...

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