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Government Shutdown

What We’re Doing

March 14, 2019
Executive Council Statement

Provide Back Pay to Federal Contract Workers

The AFL-CIO strongly urges Congress to swiftly pass legislation that would provide back pay to government contract employees.
March 6, 2019
Legislative Alert

Letter in Support of the Fairness for Federal Contractors Act

Letter to representatives urging them to co-sponsor the Fairness for Federal Contractor Act to provide back pay to the more than one million federal contract workers who lost pay during the federal government shutdown.
February 14, 2019
Legislative Alert

Letters in Support of Conference Report to Avoid Another Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government

Letters in support for the conference report to accompany H. J. Res. 31 and urges Congress to not permit another partial shutdown of the federal government to occur.
February 12, 2019
Media Hit

In Government Shutdown Aftermath, Federal Workers Still Hurting, Survey Finds (USA Today)

February 6, 2019
Media Hit

Hundreds of Federal Workers Still Haven't Received Back Pay from Shutdown (The Hill)

January 29, 2019
Media Hit

The Lowest-Paid Shutdown Workers Aren't Getting Back Pay (The Washington Post, Paywall)

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