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Agriculture Department tries to rehire fired workers tied to bird flu response
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The workers were among the thousands of federal employees eliminated on the recommendations of billionaire Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scrambling to rehire workers who had been working on the government's response to the bird flu after they were fired as part of the Trump administration's mass federal firings.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday acknowledged it accidentally fired "several" employees to combat the bird flu and is working to rehire them.
The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters."
The Trump administration is working to “rectify" the termination of several employees over the weekend that were working to combat bird flu, the agency said.
The workers were among the thousands of federal employees eliminated on the recommendations of billionaire Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency.
The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety Inspection Service has rehired employees who were fired but work on bird flu issues, NBC News reported. Meanwhile, ag groups are reacting cautiously to a statement by Kevin Hassett, director...
