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Statement by NTEU National President Doreen Greenwald

In the middle of a tax filing season, when taxpayers expect prompt customer service and smooth processing of their tax returns, the administration has chosen to decimate the whole operation by sending dedicated civil servants to the unemployment lines. These layoffs are arbitrary and unlawful, and NTEU will keep fighting until every wrongful termination is reversed. It is especially devastating that removing probationary employees impacts so many young people who chose to start their career in public service. They passed the IRS’ extensive background checks, received extensive training at taxpayer expense, delivering for the American people, and are now being told they are no longer valued. Much of the IRS workforce is outside of the Washington D.C. area, which means these layoffs are disrupting their local economies and hurting middle-income families in every state. We have multiple legal challenges now pending over the administration’s mass layoffs and other attacks on federal workers because of the severe damage that is being done to civil servants and the valuable services their agencies are tasked by Congress to provide.