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Federal Worker Confusion, European Leaders In DC, German Election, Greenpeace Lawsuit

2025/2/24
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Layla Faldin和A. Martinez:报道了联邦政府要求员工提交工作成就清单一事,以及由此引发的争议和法律问题。 Suzanne Summerlin:认为要求联邦雇员提交工作成就清单的做法不合法,违反了集体谈判法和不公平劳动行为法,因为绕过了正常的指挥链条。她还指出,沉默不代表辞职。 Emmanuel Macron(通过Eleanor Beardsley转述):计划在与特朗普总统会面时,强调与俄罗斯达成协议不应排除欧洲,并指出俄罗斯对欧洲构成的存在性威胁。他将利用他与特朗普总统的私人友谊,并试图通过强调美国的战略利益来劝说特朗普。 Eleanor Beardsley:分析了马克龙和英国首相在与特朗普会面时可能提出的论点,以及欧洲国家为确保乌克兰和平协议可能提供的军事支持。她还讨论了欧洲国家增加国防开支的意愿。 Rob Schmitz:报道了德国大选的结果,并分析了导致朔尔茨政府垮台的因素,以及默兹领导的即将上任的政府的计划。他指出,默兹计划迅速组建政府,并将加强欧洲作为其首要任务,这反映了他对美国政府对欧洲命运的漠不关心感到担忧。他还讨论了极右翼政党“德国另类选择党”(AfD)在选举中的表现及其对德国政治的影响。 Alice Vidal(通过Rob Schmitz转述):批评默兹即将上任的政府,认为该政府不稳定,并且无法在没有AfD的情况下有效运作。 Suda David-Wilp(通过Rob Schmitz转述):指出默兹的政府需要采取改革措施,否则极右翼政党在下次选举中可能会更强大。 Jeff Brady:报道了绿色和平组织面临的3亿美元诉讼,以及该组织的辩护策略。他采访了绿色和平组织的临时执行董事Sushma Raman,以及Energy Transfer的联合创始人Kelsey Warren。 Kelsey Warren(通过Jeff Brady转述):认为绿色和平组织的行为给公司带来了损害,他们应该为此付出代价。 Sushma Raman:认为该诉讼是针对公众参与的战略性诉讼,旨在压制批评声音。 supporting_evidences Emmanuel Macron: 'I'm going to tell him, you can't be weak in front of Putin...' Kelsey Warren: 'Everybody's afraid of these environmental groups...' Sushma Raman: 'This case is simple. Big Oil wants to silence its critics...'

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An email demanding a list of accomplishments from federal employees caused confusion and uncertainty. The legality of the demand and the threat of job loss for non-compliance are questioned. Some agency leaders are instructing employees to ignore the email, adding to the chaos.
  • Federal employees received an email demanding a list of their work accomplishments.
  • Non-compliance may result in job loss, according to a threat.
  • The legality of the demand is questioned by labor attorneys.
  • Some agency leaders instructed employees to ignore the email.

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Federal workers are experiencing confusion after receiving an email demanding a list of their work accomplishments, the French President and British Prime Minister are meeting with President Trump this week in Washington to try to sway him on Ukraine, Germany is getting a new Chancellor, and the environmental group Greenpeace is is facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit for allegedly disrupting construction of an oil pipeline. *Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? *Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.)*Today's episode of Up First was edited by Ryland Barton, Kevin Drew, Neela Banerjee, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent. And our technical director is Stacey Abbott.*Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)