US EditionFederal Workers Endure Financial Strain and Fear Layoffs as Government Shutdown Drags On
The Trump administration has initiated layoffs affecting over 4,000 federal employees amid a prolonged shutdown causing widespread financial hardship, unions say.
- On Oct. 1, the U.S. government shutdown began, leaving federal employees furloughed or working without pay and facing mounting financial strain.
- After Democrats rejected a short-term funding fix and demanded extending Affordable Care Act federal subsidies, the Republican White House and Republican leaders demanded reopening the government before talks.
- Layoffs have begun across agencies, with the Office of Management and Budget saying over 4,000 federal employees from eight departments would be fired and the Treasury Department losing 1,446 workers.
- Labor unions have filed a lawsuit to stop the firings, and union leaders gathered near the Capitol last week while the National Treasury Employees Union reported layoffs as of Friday.
- Policy reversals are affecting hundreds of thousands of workers, with the White House warning there would be no guaranteed back pay affecting roughly 750,000 furloughed employees, and agencies including CDC and NLRB seeing large furloughs.
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Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as government shutdown drags on
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay during the government shutdown face mounting financial strain. Now they're confronting new uncertainty with the Trump administration's promised layoffs.
Trump administration shutters programmes and lays off federal workers amid shutdown
The US government shutdown is ongoing with Democrats and Republicans pointing the finger of blame at the other side. US President Donald Trump is using the pause to shutter programmes favoured by Democrats and fire federal workers.
Federal workers endure financial strain, fear layoffs as shutdown drags on
WASHINGTON (AP) — With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty with the Trump administration’s promised layoffs. Little progress has been made to end the shutdown as it enters its third week, with Republicans and Democrats digging in and convinced their messaging is resonating with voters…
Entering the third week of the government's closure, Democrats say they are not intimidated or intimidated by President Donald Trump's efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or his threats of further layoffs to come.
The shutdown in the U.S. goes into the third week. That plays into the cards of the U.S. president. He increases the pressure on the opposition.
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