The Right Thing to Do': Senate Dems Demand Back Pay for Furloughed Government Contractors
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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.
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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January 13, 2019 at 11:18 AM #11880
Trump couldn’t be doing this government shut down without Mitch McConnell. Mitch has been a thorn in the side of the American people for decades. The infection is now costing livelihoods and lives.
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January 13, 2019 at 11:49 AM #11900
Down with Turtle-Man
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January 13, 2019 at 11:21 AM #11885
It’s completely ridiculous that they aren’t guaranteed this in the first place.
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January 13, 2019 at 11:46 AM #11898
AFAICR it was removed from their original contracts….
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January 13, 2019 at 12:42 PM #11921
It’s the right thing to do, and while federal employees themselves will probably, eventually, receive their back pay, I doubt whether the poor employees of federal contractors will. In essence, they are all being robbed by the President of the United States just so he can get attention and look tough for his base, all the while providing a distraction from all of the impending disasters headed his way.
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