Posts tagged deferred resignation program

    Where the Jobs Are (and Aren’t): Sectoral Shifts and the Federal Workforce Pullback

    November 5, 2025 // Healthcare’s steady expansion and manufacturing’s contraction capture the reallocation story at the heart of today’s labor market. Where jobs grow—and where they disappear—helps explain why some young workers thrive while others stall. Meanwhile, the federal workforce reductions mark one of the most significant government pullbacks in decades, echoing the reform-minded cuts of the 1990s.

    Union warns Trump’s rapid changes for wildland firefighters will be ‘disastrous,’

    June 27, 2025 // The Forest Service said no full-time wildland firefighters were removed from their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s workforce reductions. But as wildfire season ramps up, the Forest Service is now asking 1,400 former employees with “red cards” — or those who are qualified wildland firefighters despite it not being their main job title — to come back to their jobs temporarily to help with response needs. In the meantime, NFFE is opening the doors to more feedback from its membership to better understand the pitfalls and the opportunities of consolidating the federal programs.