Last Saturday, the AFGE encouraged Trump and the Congress to reach an agreement, reopen the government, and pass long-term spending bill that include a 1.9% pay raise for federal employees next year.
“Gambling with the lives of federal workers is not acceptable”
Separately, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), which represents 80,000 highly-skilled workers in the public and private sectors, also condemned the government shutdown.
Thousands of IFPTE members are working in different federal government agencies including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
In a statement Wednesday, IFPTE President Paul Shearon, said Trump’s statement regarding the federal workers’ position on the ongoing government shutdown was false.
“The president falsely claims that ‘many’ federal workers support the shutdown and have told him to ‘stay out.’ We have not heard from a single member who supports the president’s inaction. Most view this as an act of ineptitude.”
