Termination notices expected to go out to all remaining Voice of America employees this week

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Source: Politico

05/28/2025 12:16 PM EDT


All remaining staff at Voice of America are expected to receive reduction-in-force notices this week, likely closing the book on the network founded 80 years ago to combat Nazi disinformation during World War II. Employees are anticipating termination notices to go out this week to all full-time staff at the embattled news network, according to four VOA employees familiar with the situation granted anonymity to discuss unannounced plans.

Those terminations would affect the 800 remaining workers at the agency, after nearly 600 VOA contractors were dismissed by the Trump administration earlier this month. Employees have been advised by management to expect termination notices in the coming days.

A senior VOA employee told POLITICO that based on his team’s conversations with staff at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, VOA’s parent company, the notices will likely affect all staff, effectively shutting down the international broadcasting network. Human resources at USAGM was told that RIF notices will likely go out as soon as Wednesday, according to another VOA employee.

Thus far, USAGM has not responded to the union’s demand to bargain RIFs, which two of the employees said would be a violation of its collective bargaining agreement. A representative for the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents VOA, declined to comment on the record.

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