{"id":65627,"date":"2026-03-19T20:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65627"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:07:21","slug":"federal-court-mandates-reinstatement-of-over-1000-voa-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/federal-court-mandates-reinstatement-of-over-1000-voa-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal court mandates reinstatement of over 1,000 VOA employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Richard Cuff, who shares the following article from The Guardian regarding a significant legal ruling for the Voice of America. A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of over 1,000 VOA employees, ruling that previous efforts to dismantle the agency and its oversight body, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, were illegal. The mandate requires staff to return by March 23rd and calls for a formal plan to restore VOA\u2019s broadcasting operations to the air.<\/p>\n

You can read the full report here: Judge orders more than 1,000 Voice of America employees to be reinstated.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Richard Cuff, who shares the following article from The Guardian regarding a significant legal ruling for the Voice of America. A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of over 1,000 VOA employees, ruling that previous efforts to dismantle the agency and its oversight body, the U.S. Agency for Global […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3],"tags":[1012,787,6920],"class_list":["post-65627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-richard-cuff","tag-the-guardian","tag-voa-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h4v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62690,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/a-sampling-of-coverage-federal-judge-orders-usagm-staff-reinstated\/","url_meta":{"origin":65627,"position":0},"title":"A Sampling of Coverage: Federal Judge Orders USAGM Staff Reinstated","author":"Thomas","date":"April 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Readers of the SWLing Post have been sharing various articles concerning the recent ruling by a federal judge, which directs the Trump administration to reinstate the USAGM staff. 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The U.S. Agency for Global Media announced that 532 federal positions are being cut, part of a larger restructuring effort that\u2019s already stirred up legal challenges\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19212,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/proposed-amendment-to-national-defense-authorization-act-calls-for-privatization-of-voa\/","url_meta":{"origin":65627,"position":2},"title":"Proposed amendment to National Defense Authorization Act calls for privatization of VOA","author":"Thomas","date":"May 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBG Watch via Andrea Borgnino) BBG Watch has learned that a proposed privatization of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is widely opposed by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal employees, their union, the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB \u2013 cusib.org), and numerous foreign policy and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"View of the Capitol Building from the roof of the Voice of America on 330 Independence Ave., S.W.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8819,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/bbg-tries-to-improve-employee-morale\/","url_meta":{"origin":65627,"position":3},"title":"BBG tries to improve employee morale","author":"Thomas","date":"February 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In December 2012, we posted a survey from\u00a0the 2012 edition of\u00a0The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government\u00a0by The Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte. The survey\u00a0indicated that the\u00a0Broadcasting Board of Governers (BBG) had been ranked in the\u00a0bottom five places to work in the federal government. 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