Tuesday, October 1, 2013

U.S. government workers feel sting of being 'non-essential'

A worker arrives at the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday morning after the federal government was shutdown when the House and Senate failed to pass a budget in Washington By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government shutdown has divided hundreds of thousands of workers into "essential" and "non-essential," bruising egos and leaving many grappling with the financial toll of unpaid leave. "I'm heading in to be non-essential," said one jeans-clad Environmental Protection Agency worker as she joined many others headed to work on Monday to cancel upcoming meetings, lock up files and put out-of-office messages on email and voicemail. The U.S. ...








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/u-government-workers-feel-sting-being-non-essential-171349675--business.html

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