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Workers plan to halt strike at major US meatpacking plant and resume negotiations

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Workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants have agreed to return to work and halt a three-week strike after plant owner JBS USA agreed to resume negotiations, labor union representatives announced Saturday. The strike by thousands of workers at the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley, Colorado, began on March 16 in coordination … Read more

Trump says he’ll sign order to pay all DHS workers as shutdown drags on

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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would soon sign an order to pay all employees of the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shut down for over 40 days. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump said that … Read more

Coast Guard and other DHS workers still not being paid ask, ‘What about us?’

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It was good news, but not for them. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. As word spread through the federal bureaucracy Monday that Transportation Security Administration workers were getting some back pay, a collective gloom descended on a Coast Guard administrative office, a Coast Guard worker, … Read more

Trump admin makes major move to relieve ‘unfair burden’ on DHS workers as shutdown drags on

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration will extend tax filing deadlines for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel as the ongoing shutdown intensifies financial pressure on thousands of federal workers. The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are set to announce a 30-day automatic tax filing extension … Read more

SEE IT: Lawmakers caught on vacation amid record-breaking shutdown while DHS workers go unpaid

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While tens of thousands of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are struggling to make ends meet, some members of Congress appear to be going about their business as usual during the record-breaking government shutdown. Instead of staying in Washington to resolve the funding stalemate, both chambers … Read more

TSA officer absence levels still elevated at some airports, even as workers begin to receive back pay

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The shortage of TSA officers is still slowing security lines at major airports, where staffing shortages are more severe than the national average, but wait times seemed to be stabilizing Monday. TSA officers were calling out absent at elevated rates Sunday, even as there were signs that part of their back pay over the 45-day … Read more