Federal Employees Union Sues Trump Administration Over Shutdown
One of the nation’s most prominent unions tasked with representing federal employees announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday over the government shutdown, claiming that it is against federal law to require many “essential” employees to work during the shutdown without compensation.
The American Federation of Government Employees announced the lawsuit in a statement on Monday.
“Our members put their lives on the line to keep our country safe,” said J. David Cox Sr., the AFGE president. “Requiring them to work without pay is nothing short of inhumane. Positions that are considered ‘essential’ during a government shutdown are some of the most dangerous jobs in the federal government.”
“The harm to federal employees began at the first moment of the shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are working under sometimes dangerous conditions, including the plaintiffs who were forced to work overtime without pay,” said Heidi Burakiewicz, partner at Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch in Washington.
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“Approximately 420,000 federal employees are continuing to work, but don’t know when they will get their next paychecks. This is not an acceptable way for any employer, let alone the U.S. government, to treat its employees. These employees still need to pay childcare expenses, buy gas, and incur other expenses to go to work every day and yet, they are not getting paid. It is a blatant violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.”
The complaint, filed with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, argues that the federal government is violating federal law by requiring federal workers, represented by the union, to work during the shutdown without pay.
The federal government shuttered on Dec. 22 after Senate Democrats refused to appropriate $5 billion towards President Trump’s proposed wall along the southern U.S. border.
Trump has said that he will not sign any legislation to reopen the federal government, without funding for his wall, which he is now referring to sometimes as “steel slats.”
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