Editorials & Other Articles

douglas9

(4,358 posts) Fri Dec 28, 2018, 09:04 AM Dec 2018

42,000 Coast Guard members are the only military branch to work without pay during shutdown

The Coast Guard is the only branch of the military whose members will go without pay during the government shutdown unless Congress and President Donald Trump can find a resolution by Friday.

Approximately 42,000 active-duty military members of the Coast Guard remain on duty during the partial government shutdown that began Saturday, but they will work without pay until further notice, according to a statement from a Coast Guard spokeswoman.

"Unless legislation is passed by Friday, Dec. 28, our military workforce will not receive our regularly scheduled pay check for 31 Dec.," Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy said in a statement to NBC News on Wednesday.

The Coast Guard is the only part of the military under the Department of Homeland Security, rather than the Department of Defense which continues to be funded during the shutdown.

As for the thousands of people in the Coast Guard's civilian workforce, most have been furloughed without pay until further notice, with a small fraction still working as essential personnel.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/42-000-coast-guard-members-are-only-military-branch-work-n952066

3 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

42,000 Coast Guard members are the only military branch to work without pay during shutdown (Original Post) douglas9 Dec 2018 OP

Disgrace Smackdown2019 Dec 2018 #1

I know when this is done everyone will be PAID for the days they worked ROB-ROX Dec 2018 #2

Contractors will probably not be paid. There are hundreds of thousands of them. SharonAnn Dec 2018 #3

Smackdown2019

(1,188 posts)

1. Disgrace

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 09:32 AM

Dec 2018

And its component is also furloughed, 24000 men and women who volunteer their time are not allowed to work, even it was free.

Those 42000 working without pay have bills!

ROB-ROX

(767 posts)

2. I know when this is done everyone will be PAID for the days they worked

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 04:54 PM

Dec 2018

If it was me I would take my vacation at this time (which is money in another account.) Why is the DOD funded and other groups not funded? When I worked DOE we had funding each time the RE-THUGS closed the government even when Reagan was president. The GOP shut down the government 13 for GOP presidents and 9 times for democratic presidents. The GOP hates their own GOP president more than a democratic president 13 to 9. I do know the democrats always had a balanced budget and RE-THUGS caused DEBT. The GOP is filled with crazy FOOLS who do their masters bidding which is normally SATAN but RUSSIA is their daddy.......

SharonAnn

(13,776 posts)

3. Contractors will probably not be paid. There are hundreds of thousands of them.

Reply to ROB-ROX (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 29, 2018, 08:38 PM

Dec 2018

Reply to this discussion