AP Exclusive: Census layoffs ordered despite judge's ruling
Source: Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Two weeks after a federal judge prohibited the U.S. Census Bureau from winding down the 2020 census, a manager in Illinois instructed employees to get started with layoffs, according to an audio of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press.
During a conference call Thursday, the Chicago area manager told supervisors who report to him that they should track down census takers who dont currently have any cases, collect the iPhones they use to record information, and bid them goodbye. The manager did not respond to an email from the AP.
I would really like to get a head start on terminating these people, he said. All of these inactives that we have, we need to get rid of them. So hunt down your inactives, collect their devices, get them terminated and off of our lists.
It was unclear whether such actions would violate U.S. District Judge Lucy Kohs temporary restraining order prohibiting the Census Bureau from winding down field operations while she considers a request to extend the head count by a month.
Read more: https://apnews.com/59694e6b84d147f6d6e257150ec05b74
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Just maybe this manager needs to go in front of this judge and answer some questions..........and then to take a tactic of firing them for poor performance................
sandensea
(21,526 posts)The guy's Facebook and Twitter are full of QAnon ravings.
turbinetree
(24,631 posts)sandensea
(21,526 posts)He might be a little less arrogant once the Orang Oaf is out of office though (no pardon powers for you, young man).
turbinetree
(24,631 posts)CloudWatcher
(1,831 posts)Until the maggots start going to jail for defying the courts, they have no reason to comply.
PSPS
(13,512 posts)former9thward
(31,798 posts)This is not a violation of any order. These are employees who have not indicated they wish to receive any more work so they have not been given any cases.
They basically have quit without having said so. They have census department material which needs to be retrieved. To get them off the books they need to be terminated and the equipment returned.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)As the article shows, he was pressing for firings (by promising to support any reason for firing) and wanted work ended earlier than the court had ordered:
It doesnt have to be their performance is poor. It just means its not good enough, he said. If you are going to terminate someone for performance, I want you to consult me first. But Im pretty much going to be on your side, no matter what.
The census manager also suggested that supervisors should unofficially plan on wrapping up their work by Saturday, 11 days short of the Sept. 30 deadline for ending the 2020 census.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)So fucking unconstitutional.