Trump Administration Edict: Move or Quit

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Monday July 01, 2019 · 7:16 PM PDT

2019/07/01 · 19:16

DODGE CITY, KS - MAY 24: A tornado is seen South of Dodge City, Kansas moving North on May 24, 2016 in Dodge City, Kansas. About 30 tornadoes were reported on Tuesday in five different states from Michigan to Texas. Damage to homes and property was also reported in Ford County, Kansas. (Photo by Brian Davidson/Getty Images) — 'Toto, I think were about to get sent back to Kansas again.'

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First I’ve heard about this — as reported by Rachel Maddow — “Move or quit, you got 30 days” ...

As many as four out of five employees at the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service could quit instead of relocating to the agency’s new headquarters in Kansas City, according to a preliminary survey compiled by union leaders and shared exclusively with POLITICO.

The mass exodus forecast by the union’s review, combined with departures ERS has already absorbed, has added to deep concerns among staff that relocation could paralyze the research agency’s work.

ERS employees monitor agricultural markets and provide assessments of global commodity production, consumption and trade that farmers depend on when making planting decisions. The agency’s researchers also study the effects of climate change on agriculture, nutrition programs and the environment, among other areas.

Employees selected for relocation, several of whom have told POLITICO they believe the move is an effort to stifle research that contradicts the Trump administration’s agenda, have been given until July 15 to notify the department whether they will relocate. [...]

www.politico.com — June 25, 2019

Once again America’s hard-working, dedicated Public Servants — are getting the shaft. While the Trump Swamp-masters are scooping up all the gold.

Just call it a “lateral transfer” … Dooh!

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Words fail me. Faced with uprooting my home, and moving to Kansas City, at the drop of a hat — I’d probably quit too. No disrespect to hard-working Kansans — but moving there is just not my ‘bucket list’.

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I’m glad I’m closer to retirement, than I am to the beginning … where these kind of “threats” typical have the most impact. Leaving many workers, with effectively “no choice” …

But to comply.

Trump’s reverse Midas-touch.

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