Trump Demoting Scientists In Hope They'll Quit --- That's gotta be illegal, not?

[L. Coyote]

Trump Administration Is Demoting Scientists In The Hope They'll Quit, Says Whistleblower
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/trump-administration-demoting-scientists-hope-quit-whistleblower/

Climate change is a dirty word in the United States federal government. Speaking about it gets you, at best, a “visceral reaction” from Rick Perry, and at worst, bullied, let go, replaced by someone ludicrous, or – as revealed by the Washington Post – reassigned to a completely inappropriate job posting.

Joel Clement, until recently, was the director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the US Department of the Interior. One of his key responsibilities was to help Alaska Native communities adapt to the challenges of anthropogenic, accelerated climate change. Few would doubt that this role wasn’t anything less than vital, but then Trump’s pick for Interior Secretary – Ryan Zinke – was approved, and everything changed.

Clement suddenly found himself in the accounting office, and was told his new role involved collecting royalty checks from fossil fuel companies. At the same time, Zinke testified before Congress, hinting that reassignments were designed to be so undesirable that the employees in questions would feel that they had no choice but to quit.

Although it cannot be conclusively confirmed, the circumstantial evidence is overwhelming – Clement was ousted because of his work on climate change.

In the same way that science advisors across multiple government agencies are disappearing ...............

[Matthew28]

1. Trumps goal is to turn

America into a third world shit hole that treats the rich like kings while everyone else is trash.

Idiocy is the name of the game.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[Thrill]

3. THis asshole does whatever he wants

Ain't shit illegal

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Science is gone, over, in American government.

Justice gone, over.

Putin is in charge. He is not a fan of either.

[Lucky Luciano]

5. Is that "constructive dismissal?" Is this Lawsuit time?

[LW1977]

6. Just like in "V The Mini-series"

The Lizard aliens started going against the scientists.

[msongs]

7. same thing the nazis did in germany they will do in the USA nt

[WinkyDink]

8. What makes you think it is illegal?

[Lucky Luciano]

9. Might be

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_dismissal

"In employment law, constructive dismissal, also called constructive discharge or constructive termination, occurs when an employee resigns as a result of the employer creating a hostile work environment. Since the resignation was not truly voluntary, it is in effect, a termination. For example, when an employer makes life extremely difficult for an employee, to attempt to have the employee resign, rather than outright firing the employee, the employer is trying to effect a constructive discharge.

The exact legal consequences differ between different countries, but generally a constructive dismissal leads to the employee's obligations ending and the employee acquiring the right to make claims against the employer."