Tag: government shutdown
Government shutdown increased demand for $5 Fight Fund assistance
The partial government shutdown from December 22, 2018 until January 25, 2019, left 800,000 federal workers without a paycheck, including 12,000 in Missouri, placing...
Union members stand together as shutdown comes to an end
PRIOR TO THE JAN. 25 ANNOUNCEMENT that the White House has reached a short-term deal with congressional leaders to end the partial government shutdown,...
Furloughed federal workers call for end to shutdown
‘We want to work’
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Furloughed federal workers, members of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3354, rallied with representatives from the...
Canadian air traffic controllers send pizzas to U.S. counterparts working without...
Air traffic controllers from Atlantic Canada directed a fleet of special arrivals into the New York Air Traffic Control Centre on last week as...