As Donald Trump continues to play puppet to his ringwingnut media friends?
American civil servants begin to apply for jobless benefits…..
They are NOT ‘enjoying the ride’ Trump has told them to….
Trump’s intransigence is getting old real quick….
At least 196 furloughed federal employees in Colorado have applied for unemployment benefits from the state, a number that will likely rise as the government enters its second week of a partial shutdown.
Cher Haavind, director of communications for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, confirmed the number Monday, several days before Congress was scheduled to reconvene.
About 53,000 federal employees live in the state. Not all are affected by the partial shutdown, but furloughed workers can apply for financial assistance through the department’s website, Haavind said.
“Any period of joblessness, especially this time of year is very difficult,” she said. “So having available resources at the state level is critical.”
Haavind said the state benefits can average up to 50 percent of a worker’s weekly wages, with a maximum weekly payout of $600.
The claims typically take four tosix weeks to process, she added.
Additionally, if Congress agrees to include back pay for furloughed time in a new spending bill, Coloradans receiving money from the state will be expected to pay back their unemployment assistance.
“Unfortunately it’s not a very cut and dry process,” Haavind said….
Donald Trump….’Enjoy the Ride?’
“Officials at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts say the judiciary will begin to face significant challenges after Jan. 11 if funding hasn’t been restored. The courts have been dipping into court fees and other sources that aren’t dependent on new congressional appropriations, but those funds have their limits,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“If the shutdown continues, federal courts will have to come up with plans for managing reduced operations, and funding could be in jeopardy for jurors, court reporters, public defenders and some court staffers, as well as for some supervision and other services the courts provide to offenders on probation. The Supreme Court faces the same funding timeline as the rest of the courts, a high-court spokeswoman said Wednesday.”….
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“Enjoy the ride” for me brings up the mocking signs inside the Baltimore paddy-wagon that killed Freddie Gray.
He didn’t mean ANY good when the chief knucklehead tweeted it….
Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration screeners working for free during the government shutdown are calling in sick so they can earn money at jobs that pay, union officials told CNN.
Union representatives reported significant numbers of absences at major airports in New York, Texas and North Carolina.
As many as 170 agents called in sick each day this week at Kennedy International Airport in New York, Hydrick Thomas, president of the TSA union under the American Federation of Government Employees, told CNN….
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