RFK Jr. rescinds Indian Health Service layoffs [View all]

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I don't know if this means Kennedy is going to be in big trouble with Elon for unfiring his firings or if this is with the Trump admin blessing- but what this does illustrate once again is that these mass, unprecedented, illegal firings don't just hurt the individuals fired.... they are hurting all Americans. We will see a trickling out of exactly how *we* are all impacted in coming weeks and months and we will see a rush to plug the dam as this happens.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-rescinds-indian-health-034102132.html

WASHINGTON — Newly installed Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. verbally rescinded the layoffs of 950 Indian Health Service employees Friday evening, just hours after the workers were told by phone that they were losing their jobs, sources familiar with the notification told ICT.

The layoff orders for IHS were rescinded about 6 p.m. Eastern on Friday, Feb. 14, and the official email notifications of the layoffs were never sent to the probationary employees who expected to receive them, sources said.

Acting IHS Director Ben Smith said on an emotional phone call Friday afternoon that the 950 employees would receive the layoff notices from the Office of Personnel Management “immediately,” according to sources who heard the call.

The call left a number of employees in tears, and Smith emphasized that the layoffs were “troubling news” for all employees.

After news arrived a few hours later that the layoffs had been rescinded, supervisors began notifying the targeted employees that they had been given a reprieve.