Probationary federal employees in Montana given temporary reprieve, Zinke says
Visitors take pictures at the Glacier National Park sign in West Glacier on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake FILE)
Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke said Friday that Forest Service and National Park Service probationary workers terminated earlier this year by the Trump administration will get their jobs back — at least for the time being.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board issued a ruling requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 workers. As a result of the stay, all affected probationary Forest Service employees will be reinstated from March 5 to April 18.
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