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An IRS union rep is seeking help in creating a food pantry to aid federal workers impacted by the government shutdown.

Simultaneously, Salt Lake City is organizing a food pantry meant to aid impacted federal workers at Salt Lake City International Airport.

Utah is home to some 40,000 workers impacted by the shutdown, including a large contingent of IRS employees.

SALT LAKE CITY — A representative of Utah's contingent of IRS workers — some furloughed, some working without pay, some laid off due to the shutdown — says concern about their predicament is setting in.

"It's caused way more stress than is needed," said Avery Jackson, president of Chapter 17 of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents IRS employees in Ogden and Salt Lake City. "They've gotten thei

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