At least 2 #FEMA staff members who had been part of the federal response to July’s #Texas #flooding #disaster have now been placed on leave, acc/to an agency employee & another person familiar wi/ the situation.
One employee who manages cases for all #disasters, including TX helped orchestrate the letter.… She has now been placed on leave & pulled off her disaster casework.

#Trump#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy

“The fact that 180 people signed onto the letter, with a supermajority of them still working in the building, & dozens of those people wanted to attach their real names signifies the severity of the problem,” Jeremy Edwards, a former press secretary for #FEMA who signed the letter, said in an interview. “They are that scared of us being so inadequately unprepared. It speaks a lot to the situation right now.”

#Trump#Disasters#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#USGovernment #law #labor

By Tuesday evening, the #FEMA office of the administrator had sent several people letters informing them that effectively immediately, they were on an administrative leave, operating “in a non-duty status while continuing to receive pay & benefits.”

Last month, the #Trump admin also put nearly 140 #EPA employees on leave after they sent their own letter of #dissent.

#NaturalDisasters#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy

At least 2 #FEMA staff members who had been part of the federal response to July’s #Texas #flooding #disaster have now been placed on leave, acc/to an agency employee & another person familiar wi/ the situation.
One employee who manages cases for all #disasters, including TX helped orchestrate the letter.… She has now been placed on leave & pulled off her disaster casework.

#Trump#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy

The #Trump admin placed #FEMA employees on leave Tuesday after they signed an open letter of #dissent about the agency’s leadership….
About 180 current & former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of #Congress & other officials, arguing the current leaders’ inexperience & approach harms FEMA’s mission & could result in a #disaster on the level of #HurricaneKatrina.

#NaturalDisasters#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy

By Tuesday evening, the #FEMA office of the administrator had sent several people letters informing them that effectively immediately, they were on an administrative leave, operating “in a non-duty status while continuing to receive pay & benefits.”

Last month, the #Trump admin also put nearly 140 #EPA employees on leave after they sent their own letter of #dissent.

#NaturalDisasters#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy

#Trump puts #FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing the administration in open letter
About 180 current & former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of #Congress & other officials protesting the agency’s leadership & direction.

#EmergencyManagement#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/

The #Trump admin placed #FEMA employees on leave Tuesday after they signed an open letter of #dissent about the agency’s leadership….
About 180 current & former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of #Congress & other officials, arguing the current leaders’ inexperience & approach harms FEMA’s mission & could result in a #disaster on the level of #HurricaneKatrina.

#NaturalDisasters#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy

#Trump puts #FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing the administration in open letter
About 180 current & former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of #Congress & other officials protesting the agency’s leadership & direction.

#EmergencyManagement#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to Trump: “You are really the transformational president of the American worker.”

Yes, transforming workers from employed to unemployed, without health care, without housing, without union support, without retirement funds, and without hope.

#LoriChavezDeRemer#Labor#UnionStrong #TrumpDidThis#RepublicansOwnThis#NoRepublicansEverAgain#USPol

AFL-CIO: 'Alarming escalation' by #Trump

The #AFLCIO, the US's biggest #labor federation, criticized Trump’s attempted firing of #LisaCook, calling it "an alarming escalation of his attack on #independent federal agencies that working people’s #jobs & livelihoods depend on" in a statement on Tuesday.

The group represents dozens of labor #unions & over 15 million people.

#law #economy#FederalReserve#AbuseOfPower

@thegreenparty *Things Labour would never, ever say.

Fuck Labour, race-baiting one term government.

#UKPOL#UKPOLITICS#Labor#Xenophobia