Precisely 1353 employees are targeted by this wave of layoffs, the first major in the US administration since the Supreme Court opened the path at the start of the week to the massive dismissal of federal officials wanted by Donald Trump, according to this source. “”We oppose this decision with the greatest firmness“Sigrated the Association of American Diplomats (AFSA) in a press release.”At a period of global global instability-with the war raging in Ukraine, the conflict between Israel and Iran, and the authoritarian regimes that test the limits of the international order-the United States has chosen to burn off their diplomatic staff on the front line“, she denounces.
The State Department had nearly 18,000 employees in the United States in September 2024, and around 80,000 including its staff on the foreign, according to data from its services.
The State Department had meant the day before it was going “Soon“Implementing its workforce reduction plan prepared for several months and that the employees concerned would be informed by email. One of its senior officials had specified that he only concerned the staff employed on American territory and that there was”No project for now“To touch the workforce abroad.
