Nonilex
A White House draft memo is threatening NO #backpay for #furloughed workers. But that would have no effect on #Trump & members of #Congress.
The #Constitution forbids a reduction in #salary for the sitting president, thus guaranteeing compensation regardless of a #shutdown, acc/to the Congressional Research Service.
Similarly, members of #Congress are not subject to #furlough & the Constitution states that members of Congress “shall receive” compensation for their services.
SouprMatt
@Nonilex This is MAGA. I really really hope people figure out that they need to turn out en masse in EVERY election because we have 77 million (minimum) who want their fellow Americans to suffer. Despite some public protestations from them, THIS is 100% what they voted for.
Nonilex
#Government workers #union president criticizes #OMB backpay memo
“The frivolous argument that federal employees are not guaranteed backpay under the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act is an obvious misinterpretation of the #law,” said Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees
[#AFGE], representing >820,000 workers.
Nonilex
“It is also inconsistent with the #Trump administration’s own guidance from mere days ago, which clearly & correctly states that #furloughed employees will receive retroactive #pay for the time they were out of work as quickly as possible once the #shutdown is over,” Kelley said.
Nonilex
“The livelihoods of the patriotic Americans serving their country in the #FederalGovernment are not bargaining chips in a political game,” Kelley added. “It’s long past time for these attacks on federal employees to stop & for #Congress to come together, resolve their differences, & end this #shutdown.”
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