"If someone comes and believes their rights were violated, for example, they were fired, for union organizing, they can file a charge with us, and we can investigate it, said Snyder."
"This is not a regular shutdown. Trump is threatening to lay us all off permanently, to close our agencies permanently. That's why we need to get together with community members and stand up. said Snyder."
"The impact would be huge, not just on all these federal workers who've lost their jobs. But again, on the communities who get disaster relief, from when if there's a fire, if there's an earthquake, that agency will be shut down. There won't be any more of that. (It would impact communities) who get food support, veterans who get health care, other types of safety and security. (Federal job cuts could affect) access to your rights-your democratic rights that Congress passed in 1930 to say you have the right t"
California had nearly 250,000 federal jobs in August, with about 41,000 located in the Bay Area. A government shutdown has resulted in federal employee furloughs and raises the prospect of permanent eliminations as the White House seeks cost reductions. M.T. Snyder, a federal employee and National Labor Relations Board Union member, was furloughed. The National Labor Relations Board handles charges when employees allege rights violations such as wrongful termination for union organizing, but the shutdown delays investigations and denies federal employees timely access to remedies. Further federal job cuts would undermine disaster relief, food support, veterans' health care, public safety, and democratic protections.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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