Facing rent and mortgage payments, federal contractors demand back pay
Members of Congress, unions make push for equitable treatment and lost wages after shutdown The recent end of the record-breaking 35-day federal shutdown has allowed Congress and federal workers to catch their breath.
But not every member of the federal workforce has been made whole by the agreement to temporarily reopen the government. While the roughly 800,000 formerly furloughed full-time federal workers will receive much-needed back pay, the contract workforce, which New York University public service professor Paul Light estimates to include more than four million workers nationwide, will currently not be reimbursed for missed paychecks in January. Many laborers, who make between $450 and $650 weekly, live paycheck to paycheck.
?We think contract employees who were similarly employed should be treated in an equitable manner,? said Alan L. Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel of the Professional Services Council, a trade group representing federal contract workers. ?They were denied pay for the work they were hired to do.?
"Federal agencies are holding a lifeline to rescue workers who are drowning in bills through no fault of their own. Agencies must fulfill their moral & financial obligation to repay workers for a shutdown these men & women had nothing to do with.? Jaime Contreras #BackPayNow https://t.co/HsSF6DBJK9? 32BJ SEIU (@32BJSEIU) January 29, 2019
Seeking fair pay for federal workers
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