The agency, which has returned $21 billion to consumers since its inception, could lose 1,500 of its 1,700 employees, a union ...

The notices came just days after President Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other agencies.

But the department still needs the Accenture agents given the rapid-fire layoffs ... issues so that state Department of Labor workers would be freed up for more specialized and specific issues.