The Trump government is now trying to re -employ employees of the Ministry of Agriculture who have fired in the context of public spending cuts
As the US is confronted with an outburst of bird flu, the Ministry of Agriculture (USDA) He now works to re -employ employees working to tackle and limit this epidemic, officials who were fired on the basis of President Donald Trump’s policy of sweeping cuts in the federal government, said NBC News.
A ministry spokesman told the US television news network that the ministry fired “accidentally” “several” employees over the weekend, who worked to tackle the federal government in the outbreak of H5N1 influenza.
“Although many workers who worked in positions that support (efforts to deal with bird flu) were informed over the weekend that they are being fired, we are working to quickly correct the situation and to cancel these redundancies“, Said the spokesman.
“The frontline positions of the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service are considered public security positions and we continue to hire the workforce necessary to ensure safety and supply of food to fulfill our legal mission,” the spokesman said.
According to the NBC, the official said that Many positions in ministries have already been excluded from sweeping cuts made by the Trump government throughout the federal government.
The Ministry of Agriculture “continues to prioritize the high pathogenic of bird flu pathogenicity,” he added.
Egg prices have reached record levels as the country faces the flush of bird flu.
The US government has begun to dismiss thousands of people working in various state services, as Donald Trump and his adviser Ilon Musk accelerate the layoffs in the federal government in particular to reduce spending, which the Republican president means to do of his second term.
The richest man in the world, Musk, has been headed by the newly formed “Ministry” of Government Effectiveness (Doge), which is nothing more than a consulting committee. He and his team have undertaken to drastically cut public spending.
The White House seems to be indifferent to criticism And the warnings about the consequences that the redundancies and cuts will have so far.
Source :Skai
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