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White House silence on shutdown ‘inexcusable,’ unions say


By Lisa Rein, Monday, April 4, 11:02 PM
Federal employee unions lashed out at the Obama administration Monday for withholding plans for a government shutdown four days before Congress must agree on a budget for the rest of the fiscal year or risk furloughing workers across the country.



“Federal employees are being held hostage because these plans are not being made available,” said William R. Dougan, president of the National Federation of Federal Employees, whose members include civilian Defense Department workers. “It’s disrespectful to hold these folks in limbo until the last minute.”

He called “inexcusable” the government’s decision not to tell federal workers who would be sent home and who would be told to keep working.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-silence-on-possible-government-shutdown-inexcusable-unions-say/2011/04/04/AFpF0LgC_story.html