Original title: employees do not take money to work for nothing! The federal government of the United States may "shut down" again.
Because of the fierce party struggle, the US Senate has been unable to pass the latest provisional appropriation and debt ceiling bill, causing the US federal government to face the danger of shutting down again.The federal government may shut down from 00:00 local time on October 1st. In the past decade, the US federal government has "shut down" many times, so what is the specific impact of the "shutdown" of the federal government?
Once the shutdown, it will be difficult for the US federal government to continue to provide full services, such as the National Park Service and other non-core departments will be closed for leave. Some core government departments still have to work during the "shutdown" period, but only if the staff of these departments work without pay during this period.
According to US media reports, the failure of government departments to function properly is undoubtedly adding to the current worsening COVID-19 epidemic in the United States.
In response to the epidemic, even if the federal government "shuts down", the Food and Drug Administration needs to ensure that 70 per cent of its employees continue to work to maintain the supply of epidemic-related drugs, treatments and COVID-19 vaccines. however, the department's funding can only provide protection for 57 per cent of employees, while the remaining 13 per cent are not paid.
The CDC also needs to ensure that at least 38% of its staff work during the federal shutdown, but only 17% of its employees receive financial support.
Other key departments, such as the US Department of Defense and the US Department of Homeland Security, will continue to work, but most of the staff will not be paid to work for nothing.
According to the statistics of the American Federation of Labor, during the last "shutdown" of the US federal government, a total of about 420000 employees of government agencies went to work but were not paid. For this reason, the American Federation of Labor also took the US federal government to court.