Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Is it legal to force federal employees to work without pay?
About 800,000 federal workers aren’t being paid during this government shutdown. About half of them are “essential workers” and are expected to come to work every day. Now a union for federal employees is suing, saying that’s illegal.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readAbout 800,000 federal workers aren’t being paid during this government shutdown. About half of them are “essential workers” and are expected to come to work every day. Now a union for federal employees is suing, saying that’s illegal.
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What’s it like to start your job as a congresswoman amid a government shutdown?- 0:00Overflowing toilets, trash on trails, damaged Joshua trees: National parks during the government shutdown
- 5:22Is it legal to force federal employees to work without pay?You’re reading this
- 12:57Pizza, Ikea, and a government shutdown: How Katie Hill and Katie Porter have been preparing for their new lives in Washington
- 20:38How schadenfreude -- taking pleasure in another’s pain -- helps us bond and celebrate failures
- 34:05New exhibit and podcast asks what’s worthy of collecting
The full episode
2 of 5What’s it like to start your job as a congresswoman amid a government shutdown?- 0:00Overflowing toilets, trash on trails, damaged Joshua trees: National parks during the government shutdown
- 5:22Is it legal to force federal employees to work without pay?You’re reading this
- 12:57Pizza, Ikea, and a government shutdown: How Katie Hill and Katie Porter have been preparing for their new lives in Washington
- 20:38How schadenfreude -- taking pleasure in another’s pain -- helps us bond and celebrate failures
- 34:05New exhibit and podcast asks what’s worthy of collecting