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turbinetree

(24,631 posts)
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 04:35 PM Sep 2020

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 don’t 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 Koh’s 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................
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AP Exclusive: Census layoffs ordered despite judge's ruling (Original Post) turbinetree Sep 2020 OP
Let me guess: sandensea Sep 2020 #1
And he brags about breaking a law and a judges ruling............. turbinetree Sep 2020 #2
They're nothing if not arrogant sandensea Sep 2020 #3
That is the problem.................. turbinetree Sep 2020 #5
Jail CloudWatcher Sep 2020 #4
Judges rulings are now just "aspirational musings" PSPS Sep 2020 #6
These are inactive employees. former9thward Sep 2020 #7
No, sounds like the reason they're "inactive" is because the census manager won't give them work. SunSeeker Sep 2020 #9
Trump is committing census sabotage. He doesn't want to count in blue areas. SunSeeker Sep 2020 #8

sandensea

(21,526 posts)
3. They're nothing if not arrogant
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:07 PM
Sep 2020

He might be a little less arrogant once the Orang Oaf is out of office though (no pardon powers for you, young man).

former9thward

(31,798 posts)
7. These are inactive employees.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 06:22 PM
Sep 2020

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)
9. No, sounds like the reason they're "inactive" is because the census manager won't give them work.
Sat Sep 19, 2020, 03:37 AM
Sep 2020

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:

While the Chicago area manager told his supervisors they couldn’t lay people off for lack of work, he suggested they could encourage census takers who haven’t had an assignment in a while to resign or fire them for poor performance.

“It doesn’t have to be their performance is poor. It just means it’s not good enough,” he said. “If you are going to terminate someone for performance, I want you to consult me first. But I’m 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)
8. Trump is committing census sabotage. He doesn't want to count in blue areas.
Sat Sep 19, 2020, 03:20 AM
Sep 2020

So fucking unconstitutional.

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