Hundreds of staff fired from the CDC reinstated
(CNN, KYMA) - Hundreds of staff fired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the weekend began have been reinstated, according to the American Federation of Government Employees.
On Friday night, 1,300 CDC workers received layoff notices, but 700 workers were reinstated the following day.
According to an official with the Department of Health and Human Services, the mistakenly fired employees were sent incorrect notifications because of a coding error.
President Donald Trump said late Friday afternoon he planned to fire "a lot" of federal workers in retaliation for the government shutdown, although the move is being challenged in court.
