Dec 29 Watch 4:25 Government shutdown: ‘The people working just aren’t getting paychecks’ On day eight of the partial government shutdown, more federal workers — just 15 percent of whom work in Washington, D.C. — are notified of whether they will be furloughed or required to work without pay into the new year. Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 2:31 With negotiations ‘at a standstill,’ some federal workers worry they’ll never get paid Wednesday marked the first full business day of the partial government shutdown. Many affected employees had to work even though they will not receive pay on their normal schedule, while others who are furloughed had to drop off equipment they… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 7:18 Michael Lewis traces the ‘gutting of the civil service’ under Trump Bestselling author Michael Lewis says the idea that civil servants are “lazy or stupid or dead weight on the society is...the most sinister idea alive in this country right now." In his new book, “The Fifth Risk,” Lewis examines how… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch 3:53 News Wrap: Trump cancels planned pay raise for civilian federal workforce In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump canceled a January pay raise for the roughly 2 million civilian workers in the federal government. Also, the president told Bloomberg News that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will keep his job at least… Continue watching
Aug 30 Trump cancels pay raise federal workers were due in January By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The president said he was axing a 2.1 percent across-the-board raise for most workers as well as locality pay increases averaging 25.7 percent and costing $25 billion. Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 9:24 How the looming shutdown would affect federal workers By PBS News Hour The hours are ticking down to a possible government shutdown. Early in the day there were rumors of a possible five-day deal. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was summoned to the White House, but returned to the Capitol without a… Continue watching