MAGA Government Shutdown RIFs Might Hit Kansas City Hardest?!?

Of course, we always have to define terms first . . . This one is pretty obvious but here's a quick refresher on the lingo . . . 

A Reduction in Force (RIF) is a formal process for eliminating positions within a federal agency due to reasons like budget cuts, reorganization, or a lack of work, rather than individual employee fault. 

This is the main threat confronting so many Kansas City workers once again.

As always, we shouldn't forget that the federal government is the largest employer in the Kansas City metro. 

Moreover . . .

There's a weird supposition that KC won't get hit as hard because we're in the middle of two solidly red states . . . Again, that's nice rhetorical spin that shouldn't offer any reassurance given that kind of thinking hasn't saved so many employees already cut loose. 

And so . . .

Via social media and TOP ECHELON TKC TIPSTERS we can report . . . 

 KANSAS CITY FEDERAL WORKERS BRACE FOR RIFS AMID WHAT LOOKS LIKE A ROUGH GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN!!!

Everyone seems to agree this one might go longer than most  . . .

Previously, shutdowns were typically thought of as a "paid vacation" by many federal workers, this time around . . . Expectations are a bit more dire given hints from the White House.

What TKC thinks might be overlooked . . .

There's a tendency to write-off federal workers or forget that hard times for Kansas City government workers IMPACT THE ECONOMY OF THE ENTIRE METRO. Like it or not, so many local restaurant closings, small biz shut downs and noticeably less cowtown spending signal federal austerity already taking hold at the street level.

Here's the word and more resources for readers to consider . . .

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) last week encouraged agencies to think of the shutdown as an “opportunity” to fire federal workers, while White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that it would be targeting “agencies that don’t align with the administration’s values.”

While the government has had numerous shutdowns in recent years, no administration has used the lapse in funding as a method for firing furloughed workers, bringing a new legal issue before the court.

The plan has already prompted one lawsuit from a union representing federal workers . . . 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com linkS . . .

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