Most of the nurses, doctors and other employees who take care of military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs cannot be entitled to the Trump government’s resigning.
The nurses were among those who received the original offer, but their unions had discouraged them from accepting and said that an exodus would directly and immediately influence the care of the 9.1 million registered veterans.
The recent E -Mail, which has been checked by the Associated Press, contained an attached letter from the VA HR department and a table with a list of more than 130 professions called “VA Extract inquiries”.
“Almost everyone seems to be,” said Mary-Jean Burke, physiotherapist and American Federation of the government employee. “We try to find out who is justified.”
The professions that the VA was classified as not justified ranges from clothes and chefs to nurses, pharmacists and doctors. According to the VA letter, those who are entitled include full-time employees and possibly some employees who would retire in 2025. “The rules change from day to day” for national nurses United.
A VA spokesman said that the agency had worked closely with the White House and the Personnel Administration office in order to identify the professions that are not justified for the withdrawal program. “If you exclude these professions from the program from the program, the VA continues to ensure mission -critical health care, services and memorial services for the veterans, their families, nurses and survivors of our nation,” said the spokesman.
On Thursday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the resigned withdrawal program, which was orchestrated by Trump consultant Elon Musk. The judge ordered the Republican administration to extend the deadline until Monday.
The nurses for the VA and the largest employers of the federal government-the largest individual group of federal workers who counts more than 100,000 and constitutes 5% of all full-time employees, as can be seen from an associated press analysis of personnel data.
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