‘Just turn in my stuff and see ya later’: Layoffs begin at Kansas City IRS campus
President of the local chapter of the National Treasury Employees Union, Shannon Ellis, told KSHB 41 News about 100 probationary employees lost their jobs at the Kansas City campus Thursday.
Kansas City IRS workers brace for mass layoff. Union fears 1,000 workers will be cut
A union representing IRS workers in Kansas City was preparing for the layoff of potentially hundreds of probationary employees.
1,000 IRS workers in Kansas City expect to get laid off, federal employee union warns
While tax season ramps up, the Trump administration’s wave of federal employee layoffs is expected to hit the IRS offices in Kansas City this week, according to one union leader. Workers with less tenure at the already-understaffed location are likely to be most affected.
Laid off IRS workers in Kansas City trying to figure out what’s next
Union president Shannon Ellis said exact numbers are still being determined, but that there are around 1,000 or more probationary employees on campus as of Friday morning.
Around 100 Kansas City IRS workers fired in nationwide mass termination, union leader says
The employees were terminated in a move that will cripple an agency that has been understaffed and underfunded for years, the union leader said.
Union for IRS workers says job cuts are fewer than feared
Terminations of IRS workers in KC were fewer than union officials expected, but they don't know whether more are coming.
Hundreds of Philadelphia IRS workers laid off as Trump administration tries to cut federal workforce
About 400 Philadelphia-based IRS workers are among the more than 6,000 employees being laid off this week in the Trump administration's efforts to downsize the federal workforce, their union says.
IRS cuts over 6,000 jobs, many in Kansas City, in the middle of tax season
The IRS is cutting more than 6,000 jobs this week, as part of the Trump administration's downsizing of the overall federal workforce. That includes approximately 1,000 employees at the agency's Kansas City offices.
IRS in Kansas City braces for big layoffs after Trump push
The Kansas City union will hold a rally in front of Union Station on March 15 to protest the layoffs. The public could see a ripple effect from IRS layoffs. The 2025 tax season is underway, and the IRS expects more than 140 million returns to be filed by April 15, according to the AP.
Kansas City IRS layoffs begin with about 1,000 workers affected
As tax season takes off, Kansas City Internal Revenue Service locations had employees who were notified Wednesday of impending layoffs.
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