Isael Hermosillo, a mediator with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, was terminated unexpectedly on March 26 amidst significant agency cuts. His layoff marked a dramatic reduction of mediators from 130 to just 5, following the dismantling of the almost 80-year-old agency by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, initiated by the Trump administration. The cuts came at a sensitive time, coinciding with expired labor contracts for 55,000 unionized grocery workers in Southern California, amid ongoing negotiations with major supermarket chains.
"Going from 130 mediators to five was not within the spectrum of what I thought was going to happen. I thought the number of mediators was going to be cut, but I did not think that the agency would be, per se, deleted."
"The timing of Hermosillo's termination came not long after the labor contract with the grocery chains expired March 2 for Southern California's 55,000 unionized workers."
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