These National Park workers say a Trump agency fired them illegally. A judge agrees
Source: NPR
March 1, 2025 7:55 AM ET
Two weeks ago, Eileen Kramer and her husband James each received termination letters in their email inboxes. "They were saying we were underperforming, which isn't true," Eileen said. The couple, who live and work in the sprawling 4-million-acre Lake Clark National Park in Alaska, may soon have to vacate the house they're living in because it is owned by the Park Service.
"It's more than just losing our job," James said. "We're losing our life." "We've given so much to this place and we've created a life here," explained Eileen, "and that's being taken away dishonestly." The couple has worked in Lake Clark for about 10 years. She's in logistics, he's a biological science technician. They were both recently promoted. Those promotions put them into probationary status in their new positions.
The Trump administration has fired tens of thousands of federal workers with "probationary" status, which usually means newer workers, and makes them easier to let go. But those workers still have some rights and protections, and many say the administration has used false pretenses to fire them.
On Thursday, a federal judge in San Francisco sided with the workers in a lawsuit brought by unions and civic organizations. The judge ruled specifically that the Trump administration's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) exceeded its authority by directing federal agencies to carry out these mass firings. The government had argued it didn't because each agency made its own decisions. But U.S. District Judge William Alsup, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, said he didn't believe that.
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.......now I'm thinking they're trumpers. 