More than 1 million furloughed government contract workers may never see a penny in back pay from the shutdown and they’re the lowest-paid employees who depend on a federal paycheck. The 2019 Legislature opens with a call for a record tax cut. And Utah home prices have spiked.
Happy Tuesday! While the 800,000 federal workers furloughed during the country’s longest shutdown will receive back pay now that government has resumed full operations, more than 1 million contract workers may get nothing. Federal contract workers are among the lowest-paid employees of the government: the janitors, cooks and guards, among others.