KANSAS CITY, Mo. — 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, but there are around 1,000 or more probationary employees on campus as of Friday morning. Ellis also said they are expecting up to four more layoffs by Monday.
“It's very, very quiet in the building now,” Ellis said. “When you walk through, people are just heads down, and you know, just trying to do their jobs and hope that it doesn't hit them.”
The layoffs are part of an
He knows workers will question their future, but his company helps them focus on another important question.
“Where am I going to be most marketable to the broadest range of opportunities?” he asked.
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas posted a link to
CivicMatch.org online. The resource helps outgoing federal workers find other public sector jobs.—
KSHB 41 reporter Elyse Schoenig covers the cities of Shawnee and Mission. She also focuses on issues surrounding the cost of health care, saving for retirement and personal debt. Share your story idea with Elyse.
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