"Without citing evidence, Trump claimed the numbers had been rigged to make him look bad. He also accused McEntarfer of manipulating the jobs numbers before last November's presidential election in an effort to get Kamala Harris elected. The current Labor Department employees called McEntarfer's firing alarming and said she should be reinstated. "Dr. McEntarfer did nothing wrong. No serious observer claims otherwise. Commissioners don't 'cook' the numbers; they don't even see them until after the estimates are complete," they wrote."
"With a new, sobering jobs report out Friday, some current employees at the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) are seeking to reassure the American public that the government's economic data is reliable and worthy of their trust. "Our job is to deliver economic data guided by law and statistical practice not partisan whim," they wrote in a statement read aloud at a rally outside the Labor Department's Washington, D.C. headquarters on Friday morning by Helen Lurie."
Current Bureau of Labor Statistics employees publicly affirmed that the agency produces economic data guided by law and statistical practice rather than partisan influence. The statement was read at a rally by Helen Lurie and emphasized commitment to reliable data while noting fear of reprisal for speaking out. The employees described the firing of Commissioner Erika McEntarfer as alarming and urged her reinstatement, saying she did nothing wrong and that commissioners do not manipulate or see preliminary estimates. The recent jobs reports showed unexpectedly low August job growth and downward revisions to prior months, including a June jobs decline.
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