Nearly 1 in 4 staffers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been removed from the agency through reduction in force (RIF) notices this year, according to the union representing federal workers.

With the most recent round of layoffs this past weekend, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2883 estimates roughly 3,000 of the more than 13,000 employees that the CDC had at the start of the year have received RIF notices.

"Approximately 600 of those workers were separated in the April 1 RIF. The remainder, about 2,400, were illegally fired because of their probationary status (i.e., newly-hired or promoted) or pushed out through other pressure campaigns (e.g., forced retirement, deferred resignation program, non-renewal of term employees, etc.). T

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