Good, stretch it out so more of them have a chance to leave. Keep them motivated and looking.
They unionized to force the USDA to stay?
Fire their asses and just hire new people at the new locations
Just close it down.
This is a case study in how to effect a major reduction in force in the government sector. And the Federal government needs it badly. Transfer these agencies out to the lower cost states in flyover country. If this could cause a 20% reduction in force it would show a path for finally getting some control over the Swamp.
Democrats are upset. Overpaid government workers are upset.
What’s the downside? The taxpayers are going to save a lot of money.
This should be done with every agency.
“Moving these researchers out of Washington puts them out of earshot from policymakers. A lot of the research that scientists and economists do at [the USDA] has policy implications, and members of Congress need this information and need to have face-to-face meetings with these researchers,” Rebecca Boehm, with the Union of Concerned Scientists, told The Hill when the move was first announced.
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Baloney.
They just got permission to telework. They know how to use telephones and emails.
Looks like a great way to down size the feds. Next move should be the State Department. Move them to some far north town in Alaska.
LOL - right, because there are SO many other agriculture research jobs they can get in Washington D.C.
Moving is a great idea - we can painlessly cut a big chunk of the dead wood “lifers” out of the research budget.
Why should government employees have unions?
Why should government employee unions make demands?
Kansas City does suck. I would find another job if I were faced with similar circumstances. Why did the agency choose such a crappy place for relocation?
IIRC Federal unions were allowed by JFK in an E.O.
I’m correct, here it is:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_10988
Trump should rescind that order and march forward with the agency move out of Washington. Public sector unions are a disaster on a number of levels in any case.
Tells alot regarding their priorities.
“””agreeing to key union demands as nearly two-thirds of its research staff will leave the agency rather than move to new headquarters in the Kansas City area.”””
And exactly how difficult will it be to higher some new folks who want to move to Kansas City and actually do some work?
Another question that needs to be asked is this. “What are these people working on and is any of it necessary?”
If the job is important, they’ll follow it. If it’s not a calling and just a lucrative Cash cow for them, then they won’t.
This tells you how much they care about their work.
I ain’t no ways tired of winning.
No, no, and no... Stay on track and let them quit if they like and rehire local. It will greatly improve things.
“Moving these researchers out of Washington puts them out of earshot from policymakers. A lot of the research that scientists and economists do at [the USDA] has policy implications, and members of Congress need this information”
And having researchers in DC keeps them out of earshot of farmers and Ranchers and Forest managers
Good. Why should my employee have better access to elected officials than I do? Should be the other way around.
Excellent, just dont let the ones that leave take other govt jobs.