As the so-called #TrumpShutdown tied for the longest in U.S. history on Friday, Congress sent a bill to the president’s desk stipulating that federal employees be provided with back pay, as is customary, once the shutdown concludes. Contract workers, however, are not included in the bill.
“Low-wage service contract workers perform jobs that are absolutely vital to the government, such as food service, security, and custodial work,” the letter explains. “Many of these workers live paycheck-to-paycheck, and cannot afford to pay their rent and other bills if the shutdown continues.”
“Providing back pay to these low- and middle-income contractor employees who are furloughed by their employers is the right thing to do, and it is in the federal government’s best interest to provide funding to the extent necessary to ensure that contractors deliver back pay to their workers,” the letter charges.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/11/right-thing-do-senate-dems-demand-back-pay-furloughed-government-contractors
I of course don’t believe for one moment that this will have any effect on the cretin in the oval…
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