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Federal judge orders thousands of fired federal workers to be reinstated to their jobs

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Linda F. Hersey

Stars and Stripes • March 13, 2025

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Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington on Feb. 14, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California ordered the immediate rehiring of thousands of probationary workers fired from their jobs at the departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Interior, Energy, Treasury and Agriculture.

Judge William Alsup ruled the Office of Personnel Management and its acting director, Charles Ezell, acted unlawfully when they ordered mass job terminations of the new workers, according to a statement from the workers’ unions that challenged the firings. OPM serves as the federal government’s human resources agency.

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