{"id":1003486,"date":"2019-01-23T15:59:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T19:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003486"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:37","slug":"workers-speak-out-were-being-held-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/workers-speak-out-were-being-held-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"WORKERS SPEAK OUT: \u2018We\u2019re Being Held Hostage\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trump Shutdown is in its 33rd day, and hundreds of thousands of workers still don\u2019t know when their next paycheck will come. Trump\u2019s temper tantrum has forced workers to take on second jobs just to pay their bills, and wait in long lines at food banks just to feed their children. The Trump Shutdown has to end.<\/p>\n

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Here are real stories of Americans hurt by the Trump Shutdown:<\/p>\n

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“We’re being held hostage, but we are being hurt, tremendously hurt, through no fault of our own. That hurts. It really hurts.\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cI know that our president said he will hold out for months or even years, but the American people can’t, particularly those who depend on that paycheck to take care of their family.\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cEverybody has bills to pay. We\u2019ve done the work, we deserve to be paid for the work that we\u2019ve done.\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt’s been an emotional rollercoaster. If I could afford it, I’d probably need to be in therapy right now because that\u2019s all I do is cry. And I don’t want to cry.\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m probably going to have to take out a loan with the credit union so that I can continue to pay my bills. I have unbelievable costs that I\u2019m dealing with and I never anticipated having this shortage of income.\u201d – Federal worker<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cI have 7 kids. I\u2019m worried. I\u2019m ok for the next week and a half but if I miss another paycheck, it’s going to hurt, to be honest. I have a stay-at-home mom so I\u2019m the only source of income.\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen all of this happened, and we were in jeopardy of missing that first check, a lot of the things were able to we pushed until mid-January. Well, here we are, no paycheck for mid-January, so now we’re back on the hamster wheel of seeing if we can do that again.\u201d – Coast Guard wife<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I called my landlord, the lady at the leasing office, and I let her know that I\u2019m affected by the government shutdown, I’m not getting paid and she said \u2018Well ma\u2019am, your rent is still due.\u2019\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMy kids need to eat, they need to have electricity, they need to have water, they need to have security that I\u2019m not going to get foreclosed on.\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMe being the main provider of the house, my check goes to all the major bills: the rent, all the food, the groceries.\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt’s been pretty shaking and somber. My husband was not in a happy mood this morning when he got dressed and went to work knowing that we are living on our savings account right now.\u201d – Coast Guard wife<\/a><\/p>\n

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“It\u2019s very stressful. Hard time sleeping at night because you’re thinking about when is the next paycheck coming in.” – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve had to make a lot of adjustments. We’re considering having to pull my daughter out of daycare. We’re trying to stretch out our expenses as long as we can.\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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The Trump Shutdown is in its 33rd day, and hundreds of thousands of workers still don\u2019t know when their next paycheck will come. Trump\u2019s temper tantrum has forced workers to take on second jobs just to pay their bills, and wait in long lines at food banks just to feed their children. 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