Kansas City, IRS and union

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.
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.
Mass layoffs at Kansas City-area IRS Offices, union confirms employees escorted out
Layoffs at Kansas City’s IRS building are underway according to the Vice President of the Union that represents the employees. Employees working for the IRS in Lee’s Summit and Overland Park are also being laid off Thursday,
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.
Laid off IRS workers in Kansas City trying to figure out what’s next
Around 60 employees lost their jobs at the IRS campus in Kansas City Thursday, according to leaders of the National Treasury Employees Union Local Chapter 66. Union president Shannon Ellis said exact numbers are still being determined,
At least 100 IRS workers laid off in Kansas City metro Thursday, more cuts possible
At least 100 IRS employees were laid off on Thursday and the local union representing these workers anticipates more layoffs, possibly up to 1,000.
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 employees anxious amid whispers of potential layoffs
The National Treasury Employee Union Chapter 66 President Shannon Ellis updated members on potential layoffs in a video Wednesday evening.
‘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.
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 100 employees at the agency's Kansas City offices,
'Come into the building and bring your equipment': At least 100 people to be laid off from KC IRS campus
Locally, this order applies to around 1,000 probationary employees at the Kansas City IRS campus — those who have worked two ...
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IRS workers across Kansas City learned their fates Thursday in federal workforce cuts
Employee reductions are underway Thursday at the Internal Revenue Service’s Kansas City Service Center, a union ...
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The nearly 6,700 probationary Internal Revenue Service employees terminated Thursday include a significant number of ...