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IRS workers beckoned to involuntary servitude
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/18/irs-workers-beckoned-involuntary-servitude/“They’re pissed. They’re beyond pissed."
The telephone call was quick and to the point.
Uncle Sam wants you back.
But the message summoning Internal Revenue Service employees from furlough to work said nothing about their missing pay or the inconvenience and the hardships his workers have suffered during the month-long partial government shutdown.
The calls on Wednesday to IRS workers beckoned them to involuntary servitude.
“You are being required to report to work on Thursday,” said a voice mail received by Denise, an IRS taxpayer contact representative. Fearing retaliation, she did not want to be fully identified.
An IRS statement said the agency “is starting the process to recall employees to help with filing season and several key areas. Some workers will report tomorrow (Friday), others will report in next week while other employees will come in at a later date as filing season activity increases.”
Denise is among the 800,000 federal employees not being paid. Now, an increasing number of them are being told they must work without pay.
Uncle Sam wants you back.
But the message summoning Internal Revenue Service employees from furlough to work said nothing about their missing pay or the inconvenience and the hardships his workers have suffered during the month-long partial government shutdown.
The calls on Wednesday to IRS workers beckoned them to involuntary servitude.
“You are being required to report to work on Thursday,” said a voice mail received by Denise, an IRS taxpayer contact representative. Fearing retaliation, she did not want to be fully identified.
An IRS statement said the agency “is starting the process to recall employees to help with filing season and several key areas. Some workers will report tomorrow (Friday), others will report in next week while other employees will come in at a later date as filing season activity increases.”
Denise is among the 800,000 federal employees not being paid. Now, an increasing number of them are being told they must work without pay.
“They’re pissed. They’re beyond pissed,” said Pamela Strum, a 20-year federal employee and National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) chapter president in St. Louis. “They are heartbroken. They’re scared to death.”
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