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JBLM workers facing layoffs
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/08/04/3316590/jblm-workers-facing-layoffs.html?sp=/99/261/JBLM workers facing layoffs
John Gillie
Staff writer
August 4, 2014
As many as 102 civil service workers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord could lose their jobs by mid-January as a result of defense cutbacks.
That warning came in a letter Friday to the 1,500 workers in the base’s Installation Management Command. That letter said the 102-person reduction-in-force was a worst-case scenario.
The reductions are a result of expenditure limits mandated by the federal Budget Control Act of 2011. JBLM is one of a handful of defense installations targeted for civilian workforce reductions.
While more than 100 jobs are in jeopardy, far fewer may have to be laid off, said JBLM spokesman Joe Piek. Installation commanders are studying how to rebalance the civilian workforce at the base south of Tacoma to reflect the changing needs of the Army and Air Force in a post-Iraq and post-Afghanistan environment, he said.
