"Court documents released Monday show that the Trump administration is exploiting the ongoing government shutdown to pursue mass firings at the US Fish and Wildlife Service amid the nation's worsening extinction crisis. The new filings came as part of a legal fight between the administration and federal worker unions, which took emergency action earlier this month to stop the latest wave of terminations."
"While the unions secured a victory last week in the form of a temporary restraining order against the new firings, the conservative-dominated US Supreme Court has repeatedly proven willing to permit large-scale job cuts that labor unions and legal experts say are patently illegal and dangerous. Tara Zuardo, a senior campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity, said Monday that the newly revealed administration push to terminate dozens of staffers at the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is "really sad and troubling.""
Court filings reveal the administration is using the government shutdown to pursue mass firings at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, targeting dozens of positions across multiple programs. The proposed cuts would affect the Migratory Birds Program, Office of Conservation Investment, Fish and Aquatic Conservation, the National Wildlife Refuge System, and other areas. Federal worker unions obtained a temporary restraining order to block the terminations. The Supreme Court has previously allowed large-scale job cuts in similar contexts. Conservation groups warn that staffing reductions and funding slashes will worsen the extinction crisis and impair responses to events such as major avian disease outbreaks.
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