… workers, had no assurances that they would ever see a single dollar of the wages that they lost when the government reopened. Their back pay did not come. And again, These are some of the hardest working, lowest paid, federal contracted workers. And these are workers who are overwhelmingly women, immigrants and people of color. And their bills did not stop. Rent was still due, childcare was still needed, prescriptions still had to be filled, and groceries put on the table. (00:35–00:42)
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Asserts that federal contract workers are among the hardest working and lowest paid.
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