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YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Former national workers are speaking retired aft facing abrupt firings amid a ample protestation this weekend at Yosemite National Park.
"United, we'll ne'er beryllium defeated!" chanted a monolithic radical of protestors astatine Yosemite National Park Saturday. "This is what ideology looks like!"
Former employees spoke retired against caller national layoffs.
"Nothing's going to hole you for that for your full similar being uplifted from nether your feet," said Olek Chmura.
Chmura attended the objection and was 1 of 1,000 recently hired National Park Service employees who received a termination missive successful aboriginal February.
"I was, you know, crying. I was shaking. I was just, you know, conscionable with flip-flopping betwixt truthful galore emotions," said Chmura, erstwhile custodian astatine Yosemite National Park.
Chumra, who had been moving with the parkland for 10 months, says the announcement came arsenic a shock.
"Me and similar truthful galore thousands of different people, received termination announcement for what was described arsenic unsatisfactory performance," Chmura said.
Particularly due to the fact that an valuation of his enactment adjacent the extremity of past twelvemonth had been positive.
"Federal employees person each twelvemonth an worker show appraisal plan," helium said. "To the contrary, I received thing but exceeding expectations."
Chumra grew up successful Ohio and has been stone climbing for respective years.
His passionateness for the outdoors yet took him crossed the state past twelvemonth erstwhile helium landed a occupation astatine Yosemite arsenic a custodian. He says processing the information that helium nary longer has a occupation astatine 1 of America's astir well-known parks breaks his heart.
"It's the halfway of the universe. I mean, this spot is beauteous and conscionable provides endless adventures," helium said.
Now, helium fears those visiting Yosemite could find soiled bathrooms and much trash, particularly successful the conception of the parkland helium was liable for cleaning.
"We've already been they're understaffed and these firing cuts didn't precisely assistance that," helium said.
