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Mark Pocan: “I think that number is more than 200,000 federal employees…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Podcast Discussion on Labor Rights and Union Support with Mark Pocan and AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler

Published | Video Starts at 12:15

Thousands of federal employees have been fired and sometimes rehired and sometimes fired again, and in some cases rehired again. It's chaotic with what's going on. And I think that number is more than 200,000 federal employees that have been fired or taken a buyout. And some agencies like the IRS or the Health and Human Services have seen a quarter of their staff fired. So what's going on with this and Doge? (12:15–12:21)

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