Federal Government Shutdown Looms: 750,000 Workers Face Furloughs and Job Cuts Amid Trump Administration Threats
Federal Government Shutdown Looms: 750,000 Workers Face Furloughs and Job Cuts Amid Trump Administration Threats An estimated 750,000 federal employees are facing furloughs as a federal government shutdown takes hold, the first since 2018. Many workers, already ‘on edge for months,’ are now grappling with the Trump administration’s threats of sweeping job cuts, according to labor attorney James Kirwan. Government shutdowns cause widespread disruption, affecting both public services and the livelihoods of federal staff. Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America,…