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January 10, 2019

Unions for Federal Workers to Protest as Shutdown Enters 20th Day
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This comes as unions representing employees of the federal government
will rally at noon today in Washington, D.C., to demand an end to the
partial shutdown, which has left 380,000 workers furloughed-which means
they will never be paid-and another 420,000 forced to work without a
paycheck. At the White House, a reporter asked President Trump about the
impacts of the shutdown.

Jonathan Karl: "These people have to go without their paychecks. They're
being-some are being forced to work without pay. Some have been
furloughed. These are park rangers"-

President Donald Trump: "They all get their money. They're all going to
get their money, and I think they're going to be happy."

The partial shutdown is increasingly threatening safety nets for the
poorest Americans while allowing corporations to go unregulated. Robert
Weissman, president of the watchdog group Public Citizen, wrote,
"Corporate lawbreakers are going unpunished, safety inspections are
being postponed, discrimination charges are going uninvestigated,
polluters are not being held in check, financial fraudsters are not
being policed, consumer complaints are not being received, and accident
investigations have ceased." After headlines, we'll go to Washington,
D.C., to speak with Robert Weissman.


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