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EPISODE · Feb 18, 2025 · 12 MIN

How Trump’s Mass Firing Of Federal Workers Could Impact Chicago

from In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

President Trump directed federal agencies to fire probationary workers on Thursday, Feb. 13. Federal workers are typically on probation for a year or two after being hired. There are roughly 82,000 federal workers based in Illinois according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Reset gets the latest from Chicago Sun-Times reporter Mitch Armentrout and gets reaction from former federal worker Anthony Stanford. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

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President Trump directed federal agencies to fire probationary workers on Thursday, Feb. 13. Federal workers are typically on probation for a year or two after being hired. There are roughly 82,000 federal workers based in Illinois according to the...

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