The EPA – or Environmental Protection Agency – which enforces US environmental laws against car brands, is announcing layoffs of 1,000 employees.
Trump has only just taken up residence in the Oval Office of the White House again, because he is in the process of cutting public spending.
This time it is the environmental authorities, which, among other things, keep an eye on the car brands in the country, that will be in charge. The EPA – or Environmental Protection Agency – itself announces that around 1,000 employees will be laid off.
This is reported by NBC News .
It is particularly many of the employees who have been on the payroll for less than a year who are at risk. In any case, they have all received an email stating that their employment is considered a 'probationary period'.
Therefore, they can also be dismissed without further notice.
In a statement to NBC, the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents government employees, confirmed that such an email has been sent to 1,100 of the 8,800 employees. However, it said that none of them have been fired. Yet.
– As you can imagine, it was scary for people to receive the message. Right now we are being inundated with questions from these people. The agency (EPA, ed.) can of course terminate employees on probation. But there has to be a valid reason for it, says the boss.
The environmental authorities are committed to one thing – namely that they are simply carrying out orders from the president.
– Our goal is to be as open as possible as we implement efficiency improvements across the government apparatus, says spokesperson Molly Vaseliou.
It's not just government officials who are noticing that a 'new' man has moved into the world's most powerful position. It's been reported that President Trump has already ordered a spending freeze at the EPA.
According to Politico, this means that many of those who receive money from the authority have already had to pay for expenses that public funds would otherwise cover. These are money for salaries and rent that the federal government has allegedly stopped.
