Federal workers demand end to government shutdown at White House protest

Washington Post ^ | 01/10/2019 | Marissa J. Lang

[MichaelCorleone]

“They get a free vacation and still they complain.”

Exactly.

They get more than they would in the private sector, plus bennies that most of us only dream of. A couple of weeks of delayed pay causes them to go bankrupt?

If they are THAT bad at managing their money I don’t know if anything can help them.

[blueunicorn6]

What shutdown?

[mbrfl]

Don’t believe everything Rush says. Ignore the noise. One way or another, Trump’s got this. He wouldn’t be fighting at this point in time if he didn’t know he held all the cards.

[livius]

They should go to Nancy and Chuck’s mansions.

[ichabod1]

There are lots of bridge loan programs for federal workers.

[abclily]

Aren’t these union members? Aren’t the Democrats the main friends of union? Why aren’t they protesting the Democrats?

[who knows what evil?]

Where are their pink hats??? It’s the same crowd...

[LoveMyFreedom]

Yep union workers are not top priority for the Dems any longer. It is a shame they don’t comprehend that.

[Reily]

Private sector union workers definitely a low priority for Rats, public sector union workers definitely the growth area!

[gogeo]

“We want to send a very strong message — that this is not about politics, it’s about getting people back to work,” said Brittany Holder, a spokeswoman for the NFFE and a protest organizer.

Honey, when you work for the government, it's about politics.

[gogeo]

Crumbs, even.

[Migraine]

Why are they protesting at the White House?? Nancy lives in San Fransisco.

That's right. Here's a quarter; call someone who cares.

[Blue Jays]

"...money management..."

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Many years ago there were THOUSANDS of technology workers laid-off in the private sector without warning and through no fault of their own.

I do not recall government workers rushing to provide help.
Local banks did not adjust mortgage schedules.
Those people who “got the ax” received it...permanently. They had to rebuild lives and find new jobs.

There is a historical 99.99% chance that impacted government workers will be repaid every last dime of pay.
Many in the private sector would salivate if we could get a one-month sabbatical, no fresh new workload accumulating, and a bigger-than-usual paycheck the next month.

[hadaclueonce]

Hundreds, the rest were sitting at home watching MSNBC.

[Mashood]

Doesn’t sound like they’re done resisting.

[tcrlaf]

BREAKING: Government Employees protest for longer Paid Vacation!

Unionized Federal Workers protested in front of the AFL-CIO Building today, demanding that Trump not give in to Democrats and Nancy Pelosi. Ted, an organizer for The National Federation of Federal Employees, said, “WHY would I want them to settle? I earn 3% interest on my back checks for everyday we stay out. That’s three times what I would get from a savings account!”

The Union Chief, reached by phone from his wavefront vacation villa in Belize said, “I cannot talk right now, I have a couple of cute 14 yr old girls at the.... uh.... No Comment.”

One protestor said, “This is great! I don’t have to pay for daycare, I can spend more time with my kids, and I get paid for it, too! I could never do that in the private sector.”

But, there is a dark side to this, as well. Fred, a homeless Democrat vote harvester, and organizer for the NGO “People Without Brain Matter”, said that his daily Metro panhandling take is down by at least a hundred bucks a day, as he left the scene in his Escalade.”

[dinodino]

Suck it, leeches.

[keats5]

When they say “hundreds,” that means less than a thousand, right?

[nesnah]

As taxpayers, we DEMAND that you identify every penny of waste you come across on a daily basis and see to it that it is eliminated immediately.

After you’ve done that for a year, we’ll think about your demand.

[ConservativeMind]

You mean, “Feral Workers,” right?