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Fight on: Lawyer files suit on behalf of feds required to work during shutdown
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| December 31, 2018 5:16 pm
| Tom Temin @tteminWFED
Posted on 01/08/2019 7:03:41 AM PST by COBOL2Java
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To: freedumb2003
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posted on
01/08/2019 8:32:42 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
To: COBOL2Java
>>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.
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posted on
01/08/2019 8:34:45 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: freedumb2003
They are positions. Theoretically a position can remain unfilled absent budget. Later they can be liquidated. Have you worked in the Federal government?
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posted on
01/08/2019 8:39:45 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
To: COBOL2Java
No. They’re fired. By inaction by Congress who holds the purse strings.
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posted on
01/08/2019 8:39:48 AM PST
by
petitfour
(APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
To: petitfour
No. Theyre fired. By inaction by Congress who holds the purse strings. That's not how it works.
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posted on
01/08/2019 8:41:30 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
To: COBOL2Java
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.
46
posted on
01/08/2019 8:41:56 AM PST
by
trebb
(Put your money where your mouth is - or be deemed "empty hot air worthless")
To: z3n
I dont 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.
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posted on
01/08/2019 8:45:43 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: COBOL2Java
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.
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posted on
01/08/2019 9:19:19 AM PST
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: shanover
Well then there is a national emergency because it seems the HOR won’t appropriate a dime.
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posted on
01/08/2019 9:20:57 AM PST
by
marajade
(Skywalker)
To: marajade
Well then there is a national emergency because it seems the HOR wont appropriate a dime. A dollar...
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posted on
01/08/2019 9:26:29 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
To: COBOL2Java
Take the cost of defending the suit out of their back pay. It’s already law that they get reimbursed.
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posted on
01/08/2019 9:28:44 AM PST
by
fruser1
To: fruser1
Take the cost of defending the suit out of their back pay. Its 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.
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posted on
01/08/2019 9:44:27 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
To: afterhoursarmory
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.
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posted on
01/08/2019 9:46:39 AM PST
by
Boomer
(Leftists destroy everything they touch)
To: COBOL2Java
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.
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posted on
01/08/2019 2:05:17 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: ExTexasRedhead
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.
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posted on
01/09/2019 5:59:46 AM PST
by
ManHunter
(You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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