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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Fatima Hussein

Treasury Department terminates union contracts for IRS and Bureau of the Fiscal Service workers

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The Treasury Department has terminated its collective bargaining agreement with unionized workers employed at the Internal Revenue Service, the agency said Friday, in an escalation of President Donald Trump ’s push to exert more control over the federal workforce.

The union contract for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service was also terminated this week, according to two people familiar with the decision. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media.

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