The workers in the National Administration of Oceanic Sciences and Air Force this week have suffered a kind of injury as the federal government attempted to restore the disciplined test staff.
More than 600 NOAA workers have been lay off more than two weeks ago, including some public safety roles, such as scientists who issue tsunami alerts, hurricanes trip managers and meteorological specialists in local prediction offices.
But on Thursday, an American boycott judge in Maryland issued a temporary matter temporarily, and (at least temporarily) banned tens of thousands of workers via agencies and ordered them to return. The Trump administration said in the court on Monday that it had moved to the return of about 24,000 workers affected by wide cuts on the workforce under the control of the federal government. (Monitoring workers are usually in the first or second years of federal service, but the situation also applies to some of the recently promoted employees or appointed full -time after working as contractors.)
In the court file, the Ministry of Commerce confirmed that it had restored 791 workers, in total, through its agencies, including Noa.
The reinforcements added a new layer of confusion in NOAA, which already led to the suspension of many services due to employment problems after the discounts. they The balloon included the weather in Albani, New York; Gray, Maine. and Kotzebue, Alaska, This is very important to support careful prediction. The agency also closed several offices.
The cuts came a few weeks before the intense storm race throughout the country, emptying hurricanes and killing at least 42 people. It expects national weather service, a section of NOAA, the storm, which made general alerts that it will be “a particularly serious event.”
Although the NOAA test workers were technically restored, they were placed on an administrative leave and were not asked to return to work. So it is not immediately clear whether the services they contributed before will be restored.
The Noaa press office asked the questions to the Ministry of Commerce, which did not answer the request for comment.
Andy Hazleton, a hurricane specialist with a doctorate that was demobilized late last month, said he had received an email on Monday with a memorandum confirming that he had been repeated after the court.
The memo said: “You will be returned to the federal service and your previous position in the registry, and a retroactive impact to the actual date of your end, and put it in an unpaid position.”
Some additional details have been presented, except that the Ministry of Commerce “may re -end the previous termination procedures to the date of its original validity” if the Supreme Court nullifies the restriction order or if the administration eventually won the court.
As, as of Monday, he did not receive any additional contact and remained sure whether he would get their salaries or eventually return to his duties.
He said that the email brought temporary relief, but still confusion because he also heard rumors that there are additional discounts for the NOAA workforce through a decrease in strength or RIF.
“I am happy because it may be a step towards restoring our jobs, but it is still clear that it will be permanent, and there are still rumors about RIFS.” “There is a lot of uncertainty and more questions than answers.”
In fact, rumors have dealt widely about the demobilization of potential workers in NOAA. At a press conference held last week held by Senator Patti Murray, D-WASH. And a member of the sub -committee for credits on trade and other programs, Rick Spinrad, the director of NOAA, during the administration of President Joe Biden, made some details about these general rumors.
“Nawa was forced to determine 1029 additional sites,” Spinrad said, adding that he had told him about possible discounts by former colleagues at the agency.
Dennis Jaska, who worked as a support technician to investigate the NOAA Law Office before his layoff, said he had received an identical email to Hazleton.
Jaska, 49, said that he is now feeling “fully forgotten.”
He hates government workers to be a depletion of taxpayers resources and data made by President Donald Trump, indicating that they are not doing a good job, or any work at all.
“It took me a lot of time to get this job, then I finally get it, then this administration comes and says, mainly,” You are government workers are cockroaches. “This is not what they said, but this is a kind of idea:” You just steal our tax money and do nothing, “said Jaska.
Now, after the court’s order, Jaska indicated that the government ordered him not to report the duty.
“We are also ready to push you so that you don’t come to work at all.” It is ridiculous. ”I and many other people love our jobs.
In the court file, the Ministry of Commerce said it did not ask the employees to return to full service because this would be a burden on the agency and cause disturbances of the enriching employees.
“All employees must be presented to the full situation again, including traffic through any applicable training, filling in human resources, getting new security badges, re -registering advantages and resting programs in salaries, restoring security statements in force in the administration, and written in the required administrative procedures.
She added that the Court of Appeal can also reflect the decision and leave the employees “have been subjected to multiple changes in the event of employment within weeks.”