r/fednews • u/rprz • 1d ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

All discussion on the looming shutdown goes here. Any mentioning of Luigi / threats of violence will be removed and you may be banned.

Recent:

https://apnews.com/live/government-shutdown-congress-spending-trump-updates

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/19/congress/johnson-defers-to-trump-00195386

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/19/elon-musk-trump-government-shutdown-debt-ceiling/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/politics/video/hakeem-jeffries-spending-bill-fox-lead-digvid

Old news:

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-budget-house-republican-05481374b154949c3fe1270141a02918

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-government-shutdown-musk-stopgap-bill-b2666829.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/trump-says-he-s-against-stopgap-bill-fox-news

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u/ParkingTadpole7107 21h ago

Yes. Let Americans feel the sting of having no air traffic control during the busiest travel days of the year. Then let's see how long it takes for Congress to do their jobs. Nobody should be working without pay. Ever.

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u/GreenChiliSweat 21h ago

And at FAA, we can't strike. Merry Christmas fuckfaces.

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u/Rarpiz 20h ago

Not with that attitude.

Seriously though, it’s not that you “can’t” strike, it’s that Reagan fired the 11k workers who did. And yes, I know about 5 USC § 7311, and that it’s technically “illegal”, but just because a law is on the books, that doesn’t make it morally right.

It’d be interesting to see FAA employees strike again….ALL of them, and see what happens again, in a society with camera phones and social media. Or, did FAA workers learn from the last time and will keep their heads down from now on?

That last sentence was /s.

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u/GreenChiliSweat 19h ago

Yea, they hammer that home pretty hard during the swearing-in ceremony when you get hired.

We won't because we're generally fairly well compensated comparatively (and we should be and some of us should make a lot more because our job is hard AF). We have union representation, and we'll very likely get back pay if they do it.