Readers Respond: People Suffer in Political Power Struggle

How Much Worse Can This Government Shutdown Make Federal Workers Feel? - Washingtonian

Federal workers have had a challenging year, to say the least. Given President Trump's efforts to gut and restructure the bureaucracy, soundtracked by the roar of Elon Musk's DOGE chainsaw in the administration's early months, many civil servants have either lost their jobs or accepted deferred-resignation packages. For those who remain, this ongoing government shutdown

Readers respond: People suffer in political power struggle

Regarding the federal government shutdown and its effect on all of us, I am reminded of a Swahili proverb: When two elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers, (“Federal government shuts down; 750K workers expected to be furloughed, some fired,” Oct. 1).

'Pawns in a political game': Federal workers in western North Carolina frustrated by government shutdown

Many federal workers in western North Carolina are being furloughed or asked to work without pay, amid a government shutdown that has no end in sight. Local federal union workers warn that the government shutdown and threats of further reduction in force by the Trump administration use federal employees as “pawns in a political game,” undermining employee morale after hundreds resigned in Western North Carolina earlier this year. On Oct. 1, the …