Fight on: Lawyer files suit on behalf of feds required to work during shutdown

Federal News Network ^ | December 31, 2018 5:16 pm | Tom Temin @tteminWFED

[COBOL2Java]

See #39

[freedumb2003]

>>Too bad it doesn’t work that way. The jobs don’t magically disappear.<<

They are positions. Theoretically a position can remain unfilled absent budget. Later they can be liquidated.

[COBOL2Java]

They are positions. Theoretically a position can remain unfilled absent budget. Later they can be liquidated.

Have you worked in the Federal government?

[petitfour]

No. They’re fired. By inaction by Congress who holds the purse strings.

[COBOL2Java]

No. They’re fired. By inaction by Congress who holds the purse strings.

That's not how it works.

[trebb]

Good on them - makes a case to give them a choice - work with a delayed paycheck assured or take any vacation time they have if they want to get paid after the fact...no vacation and no work should = no paycheck.

That'll get a lot of the DoD workers really riled at the ones who make these demands and bring these suits.

[NorthMountain]

I don’t believe that 78% of the government should be able to continue operating as usual but employees are asked to work without pay.

The employees of 78% of the government (is that figure correct?) are not being asked to work without pay. If the agency is funded, the employees are getting paid.

[shanover]

All of this BS for a MEASLY $5.7 Billion (to save our country BTW) out of roughly $4.4 TRILLION!!!!!! The leftists are absolutely INSANE. It’s all about hating the President because Clinton lost.

[marajade]

Well then there is a national emergency because it seems the HOR won’t appropriate a dime.

[COBOL2Java]

Well then there is a national emergency because it seems the HOR won’t appropriate a dime.

A dollar...

[fruser1]

Take the cost of defending the suit out of their back pay. It’s already law that they get reimbursed.

[COBOL2Java]

Take the cost of defending the suit out of their back pay. It’s already law that they get reimbursed.

No, it's not the law. Reimbursement has to come from an act of Congress, after the shut down has ended. Up to now, that has happened - so what people think is "the law" is merely a coincidence. But it's not guaranteed. And, Trump would have to sign it.

[Boomer]

Formally lay them off or just fire them.

That was my thought too. I've been laid off many times when I worked heavy equipment construction. It just goes with that type of work. Lay these gov workers off then when the shutdown is over with; only hire back those who are really needed. This is a good way to get rid of a lot of the dead weight.

The government should run more like a business and less like a free ride with crazy bennies and guaranteed employment. No one outside of government has that; not even Union members although some are close.

[mountainlion]

But it’s not a guarantee.

True but if they don’t pay the troops they can expect law suits form every employee organization and union. Not to mention lots of damage to equipment, computers, and who knows what all.

[ManHunter]

And never forget that the single largest employer in the United States is the federal government. Remember also that the federal government doesn’t produce a damned thing that generates revenue. Every dime it spends is taken from Americans who have virtually no say in how the money is spent.