These workers weren't paid after the shutdown was over

Tell Congress to support back-pay for the federal contractors who were shut out of the jobs by Trump's shutdown.

Dear MoveOn member,

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley started a petition urging her fellow members of Congress to give back-pay to lower wage, federal contract service workers who were furloughed during Trump's shutdown. She already has support from dozens of Representatives including Barbara Lee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib in the House, as well as backing from Senators Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and many more on the companion bill in the Senate.

While federal employees are receiving back-pay from Trump's shutdown, millions of lower-wage hourly federal contract workers have no guarantee—putting them and their families at financial risk.¹ This is unacceptable, and this primarily affects women, people of color, immigrants, and low-income folks. Furloughed federal government contract service workers should not have to suffer, feel financial strain, and worry about their very livelihood because the government was held hostage to promote ineffective, racist policies.

Sign the petition to tell Congress you agree that lower wage, federal contract service workers who were furloughed during Trump's shutdown should receive back-pay,

Tell Congress to support The Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act of 2019 which gives back-pay to lower wage, federal contract service workers who are suffering due to Trump's shutdown.

Let's be clear. Millions of people were affected. And their lives may forever be changed. Without Rep. Pressley's bill, there is no clear recourse for wages lost for contracted government workers.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is proposing the companion bill to S. 162, introduced by Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), which was introduced in the Senate and has 36 sponsors currently.

Sign the petition to tell Congress you agree that lower wage, federal contract service workers―including food service, janitorial and security workers―who were furloughed during Trump's shutdown should receive back-pay for the time of the shutdown.

Thank you.

–Isbah Raja, MoveOn Civic Action

Source:

1. "The lowest-paid federal workers aren't getting shutdown pay. How will they pay the rent?"
Curbed, January 29, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/62866?t=6&akid=226035%2E10220574%2El99oAQ

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