Posted on 02/01/2025 11:35:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Marie Owens-Powell, president of the union that represents more than 8,500 employees of the Environmental Protection Agency, did not mince words during a Friday call about morale among its members: "It's bad. I've been with the agency for over 33 years and I've never seen anything like this."
Starting Wednesday morning, more than 1,100 employees at the EPA received an email, which has been viewed by CBS News, warning they could be immediately fired because of their probationary status as an employee with less than a year in their current role.
"As a probationary/trial period employee, the agency has the right to immediately terminate you pursuant to 5 CFR § 315.804," read the email, which was sent to employees by Kimberly Patrick, principal deputy assistant administrator for mission support of the EPA.
According to Owens-Powell, employees with a range of experience received the emails — some with less than a year at the EPA, as well as tenured employees who recently moved into new positions inside the agency.
"As far as we can tell, EPA workers were the only ones to receive a notice from their agency, intended to go to probationary employees to terrorize and scare them into thinking they were on their way out," she said.
Owens-Powell says she was on a national call with other union leaders who represent workers at various government agencies, and no one else said their probationary employees received such an email.
"Every day, folks are afraid to turn their computers on," said Owens-Powell, "They don't know what message will be coming out next."
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A good start.
Good. Now defund NPR and PBS.
Some departments should offer severance pay. Others should be cut off at the knees. Unequal treatment. They can take their resentment on the people who will teach them to code.
Shouldn’t they have been working on their resumes since the Chevron deference decision?
If Musk can do to the FedGov what he did with Twitter there is little room for complaint on my end.
This is what I call winning. The EPA enforced some of its ridiculous policies on the country and to this countries determent. Again, very good news.
I didn’t know each species of government “worker” has its own special union. The union thugs have a real racket going on.
At one point, the EPA employed more lawyers than DOJ, it was said.
Seems like the Biden Administration went on a hiring spree the past year.
Looks like the moving business will be booming.
Government shut down by other means! 😅
It looks like the EPA must have snack stations throughout their building(s)...and no gyms. I bet this fatso does her union stuff while “working”. What a pathetic scam.
She’s a big un .
“according to Owens-Powell...”
Can’t make up you mind, bitch?
Thanks, the HAIR gives away her lifestyle.
I was just about to ask how one can get so fat-—now I know. Thank you.
If the government were a private company decades ago employees would be called into a meeting which would go something like this:
As all of you know we have had a challenging business environment for a while now, and the board has decided to cease operations.
Your supervisor will meet with each of you about a severance package and final date of employment. Any personal items should be out of your workspace by your final day.
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