# Dismantling the CDC: Mass Layoffs, EEO Collapse and Federal Worker Rights with AFGE Local 2883

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Podcast: [America’s Work Force Union Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-s-work-force-union-podcast-367664)
Published: 2026-05-04T19:52:49+00:00
Episode link: https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/dismantling-the-cdc-mass-layoffs-eeo-collapse-and-federal-worker-rights-with-afge-local-2883/
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Duration seconds: 2022

## Resource

AFGE Local 2883 President Yolanda Jacobs joins the show to discuss the collapse of the CDC’s workforce. Learn how the elimination of the EEO office, mass terminations with zero succession planning, and the ”reneging” of union contracts are paralyzing America’s primary public health agency and endangering thousands of federal workers.

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