IRS, Kansas City

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.
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.
Thousands of IRS workers in Kansas City brace for layoffs amid Trump government purge
Kansas City Following days of uncertainty for Kansas City’s federal workforce, IRS employees learned in a Feb. 18 video message that their jobs would be among the first on President Donald Trump’s chopping block.
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.
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
With thousands of IRS employees expected to be let go nationwide, the cuts have hit Kansas City, where about 1,000 workers were notified of layoffs
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The Star is reporting on the jobs lost across the KC metro and the local effects of the federal firings and layoffs going forward.
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.
Kansas City IRS union president: ‘Employees will be removed’ Wednesday
The president of a union representing workers at Kansas City’s Internal Revenue Service Center posted a Facebook video Tuesday indicating probationary employees could be terminated Wednesday.
Federal workers in Kansas City brace for more layoffs
The chance of more government layoffs is troubling for the 30,000 federal workers living in the Kansas City metro
How many newly hired IRS employees in Missouri might face government layoffs?
The Internal Revenue Service is expected to lay off approximately 1,000 Kansas City area employees this week. Here is the Missouri IRS workforce by the numbers. IRS leaders said that probationary ...
IRS fires 6,000 employees as Donald Trump, Elon Musk slash US government
A tearful executive at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service told staffers on Thursday that about 6,000 employees would be fired.