government shutdown
Lawmakers voting to keep government going, workers need action to survive
December 8, 2020Congress must provide the massive aid necessary to kill the virus, keep people alive, and save the economy.
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Slow recovery for federal workers after Trump shutdown
February 15, 2019The workers gave those gloomy predictions in the face of Trump’s lack of commitment to signing a spending bill to keep those agencies going through the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30.
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Federal workers fear Trump could rerun shutdown/lockout
February 13, 2019“If the shutdown returns, the (workers’) lines to food banks will return. And if we don’t get paid and can’t work.”
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Some government workers still unpaid, fear another shutdown
February 7, 2019Even as they scramble to catch up on unpaid bills, the prospect of another shutdown looms next week.
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Union leader Shearon on shutdown: No private sector bosses as bad as Trump
February 6, 2019Shearon, whose union represents both public and private sector workers – including thousands of federal immigration judges and tens of thousands of Boeing aerospace workers – produced a pungent comparison between Trump’s lockout and lockouts launched...
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