Day 28: Shutdown Crisis Worsens

NTEU’s message has been simple and consistent from Day 1: End the shutdown. Pay federal employees. Restore government services to the American people.

NTEU’s message has been simple and consistent from Day 1: End the shutdown. Pay federal employees. Restore government services to the American people.

Federal employees in every state are filing for unemployment, standing in line for food aid, cutting back on expenses and even taking side jobs. Anger is understandably rising.

This shutdown is not our fault, yet we’re the ones paying the price. And it’s not fair.

We are raising our voices, once again, to urge Congress and the administration to do their jobs and reach an agreement that reopens government and restores the pay that federal employees have missed.