“The labor community is going to stand with our brothers and sisters in the federal workforce,” St. Paul RLF President Bobby Kasper said, “and it’s reassuring to know we have friends in Congress who will do the same.”
Smith pledges to fight for federal workers as shutdown hits home
January 11, 2019 by
The senator met with impacted federal workers at the airport today and called on Republicans to put people before the president’s political stunts.
Union members rally in Minneapolis to end shutdown
January 10, 2019 by
Tomorrow, tens of thousands of federal employees won’t get their regularly scheduled paychecks. Today, their union family rallied in Minneapolis – and cities across the U.S. – to say that’s not OK. Dozens of union members and retirees joined a demonstration along Hiawatha Avenue, just blocks from the Veterans Administration Medical Center. They called […]
Shutdown a ‘lose-lose scenario’ for veterans, furloughed workers
October 8, 2013 by
Is Stanley Walton’s work essential? That depends on whom you ask. Walton was one of 7,000 “non-essential” employees furloughed by the U.S. Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) today. He and about 150 others reported to the Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling, where they were handed letters instructing them to stay home until lawmakers in Washington […]
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