hikep@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoAir traffic controllers receive $0 paychecks as government shutdown stretcheswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1290
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minus-squareEdanGrey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up68·2 months agoI find it mad that in the absence of an agreement people aren’t just paid at the existing rate
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·2 months agoThey history are. But Trump is threatening to not pay the back pay and only pay those who pledge allegiance to him.
minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agothis is what backpay means
minus-squareEdanGrey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoThat’s not what I meant. Backpay is all well and good but no help if you have rent to pay or food to buy and you haven’t been paid.
minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoYeah I know, I have family who are furloughed right now and have been in government long enough for this to be a regular enough occurrence for them
I find it mad that in the absence of an agreement people aren’t just paid at the existing rate
They history are.
But Trump is threatening to not pay the back pay and only pay those who pledge allegiance to him.
this is what backpay means
That’s not what I meant. Backpay is all well and good but no help if you have rent to pay or food to buy and you haven’t been paid.
Yeah I know, I have family who are furloughed right now and have been in government long enough for this to be a regular enough occurrence for them