All posts tagged "dismissals"
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US unions urge Congress to protect federal staff from Trump bid to strip employment protectionsCongressional leaders have been urged to pass a bill that would block future governments from resurrecting a Trump-era bid to strip career federal employees of their civil service protections, in
- Posted November 1, 2022
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Unions vow to continue fighting White House moves to undermine workersWhite House attempts to undermine federal employee rights and union power are wasting government resources and have made it harder to protect worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to
- Posted June 30, 2020
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Trump’s new overseas broadcast head sacks network chiefs and advisory boardsA purge of senior leaders at the US agency tasked with providing news in countries without a free press has raised fears over the agency’s own autonomy. The new chief
- Posted June 23, 2020
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Trump fires inspector general who alerted Congress to Ukraine scandalIn a controversial move, president Trump has fired the inspector general who alerted Congress to security service concerns over his conversation with the Ukrainian president, sparking the bid to impeach
- Posted April 7, 2020
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Cummings extends grip over special advisers with central recruitmentUK PM Boris Johnson and his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, are shaking up the way ministerial aides are appointed, in what is seen as yet another move towards central control.
- Posted March 1, 2020
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White House moving to purge anti-Trump officialsThe US government is planning to expel federal employees who are “actively working against” president Trump, a White House spokesperson has confirmed. “It’s not a secret that we want people
- Posted February 25, 2020
