Posted on 05/23/2019 3:00:27 PM PDT by RightGeek
Employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are quitting at a rapid clip as Secretary Sonny Perdue prepares to move forward with plans to relocate two offices far outside the Washington, D.C., Beltway.
Federal employees at the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) two small but important agencies within the USDA are unhappy with Perdues plan, announced last August, to move the majority of their staff from current offices in the capital to an area closer the countrys agricultural centers.
This move does not serve a public purpose, Peter Winch, a representative for the American Federation of Government Employees, a union that represents ERS workers, told Fox News. Employees dont want to move, and it doesnt make sense for them to move.
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Winch added that since ERS employees joined AFGE earlier this month, six employees have already quit their jobs with the government agency in response to the planned move. He said overall staffing is down to 209 from 300 during the Obama administration.
A Washington Post report cited an estimate that the ERS used to see roughly one non-retirement departure per month but that pace has doubled since October. NIFA reportedly has also seen people leave.
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Perdue and his staff have narrowed the list of places where the two agencies could go down to three from an original 130 -- with Kansas City, the state of Indiana and North Carolinas research triangle in the Raleigh-Durham area on the shortlist. St. Louis, Mo., and Madison, Wis., are two alternate locations.
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They should move the FBI to Tierra del Fuelgo.
And the ATF should move to Diego Garcia.
Unless they’re going to clean house of all of the liberals that work there, KEEP THEM OUT OF INDIANA!!!
“Doesn’t serve the public interest”?
Washington speak. They could care less about the public interest. They certainly are not going to live amongst the common people.
You know, by today’s standards Mr. Kimble was amazingly effective. He may have been inept but he was honest and hard working.
They lose their cost of living adjustment.
Hey, Id rather work with Hank Kimball than any of those clowns on Independence Ave.
Federal employees at the Economic Research Search (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (FIFA) _ two small but important agencies within the USDA
Total Deep State:
KMA!!
I watched a few Green Acres episodes recently
Cracked me up when Hank talked about using Wetbacks
#thingsthatcan’tbesaidtoday
with traffic worse than the 5/405 split in LA.
Boo-Hoo Girl has this one right! Now move State Department to Oklahoma City, Topeka, or Cheyenne.
I think it would serve a greater good if every agency that could be moved, were moved out of the DC area... if there were 50 agencies to be moved, then out to the 50 states...
The lucky ones might be moved to the Marianas...
SO much win! Can’t hardly stand it! DC critters jumping ship! Awesome!
Move the State Dept. to Cheyenne Mountain. On the outside of it.
It’s simple Common Sense to be closer to Agricultural areas!!
Good for Sonny!
LOL...I just knew crying girl wasn’t to be denied!!!
All correct except that the runway on Midway is not long.
I was in there yesterday for lunch with school field trip...CNN on all the jumbo TVs, very unappetizing. Of course Trump had just blown up and exploded and whatever else at Crazy Nancy. And another thing, over 65% of the ag budget is for SNAP, move it or dump the whole thing!
6 people left but they’re down 91 people?
Is this new math?
And the U.S. Forest Service offices should be moved to Tonopah, Nevada. (You’ll have to Google Earth it)
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