61 h. ago Microsoft reportedly fires staff whose protest interrupted its Copilot event

On Monday, Microsoft reportedly terminated the roles of two software engineers, Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal, who protested the company’s reported dealings with the Israeli military during Microsoft’s Copilot and 50th anniversary event last week. According to an internal message viewed by CNBC, Microsoft wrote that Aboussad could have raised concerns “confidentially with your manager, […]

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3 d. ago Oakland mayor fires chief of staff amid backlash over note referring to Black people as ‘tokens’

Oakland mayor fires chief of staff amid backlash over note referring to Black people as ‘tokens’  San Francisco Chronicle

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6 d. ago ‘They fired everybody’: Entire staff is laid off at office that helps poorer Americans pay for heating

“Eliminating the entire federal staff responsible for LIHEAP — a program that millions of households depend on to stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer — isn’t reform,” said Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass. “It’s sabotage.” The post ‘They fired everybody’: Entire staff is laid off at office that helps poorer Americans pay for heating appeared first on Boston.com.

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1 week ago U.S. Institute of Peace Staff in U.S. Fired as Trump Seeks Nonprofit’s End

Nearly all of the institute’s U.S.-based staff members were fired and asked to sign a separation agreement, according to notices reviewed by The Times.

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1 week ago DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters

DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters  The Washington Post

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1 week ago WA's fired Forest Service staff got their jobs back ... for now

WA's fired Forest Service staff got their jobs back ... for now  The Seattle Times

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1 week ago Remaining USAID staff fired, Trump says Myanmar will still get earthquake aid

Remaining USAID staff fired, Trump says Myanmar will still get earthquake aid  Reuters

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3 w. ago Trump may ax EPA’s research office and fire most of its staff

Trump may ax EPA’s research office and fire most of its staff  The Washington Post

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4 w. ago Education Department to Fire 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.

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last month Trump's FEMA faces reckoning as more staff fired in 'political bias' scandal: GOP lawmaker

FEMA said it fired three more employees after an investigation into allegations that houses in a hurricane disaster zone were skipped over because they displayed Trump signage.

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