Nearly 3K Wisconsin workers in line of fire for mass federal layoffs

Wisconsin’s federal workers are fighting for their positions following the Trump administration’s recently ordered mass layoffs, Wisconsin Public Radio reports. 

Wisconsin has roughly 3,000 federal workers who have been serving for less than one or two years in their current roles, according to the most recent available federal data. These workers, often referred to as probationary employees, have been the first to be fired as President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, look to cut down the federal workforce. 

Among the total 2,876 federal workers in Wisconsin hired for two years or less as of September 2024 are:

• Department of Veterans Affairs — 1,965;

• Treasury Department — 26;

• Department of Transportation — 27;

• Navy — 29;

• Department of the Interior — 88;

• Department of Homeland Security — 21;

• Department of Health and Human Services — 30;

• Department of Labor — 16;

• Department of Defense — 15;

• Department of Commerce — 90;

• Army — 233;

• Department of Agriculture — 264; and

• Air Force — 54.

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RSK: On the rest of the story side of things just an fyi, Wisconsin Corporations laid off over 150,000 employees in 2024 and did we hear anything about that?