After threatening that furloughed federal workers might not receive backpay after all, Mike Johnson tries to clarify that *of course* he thinks they *should* get backpay.
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
After threatening that furloughed federal workers might not receive backpay after all, Mike Johnson tries to clarify that *of course* he thinks they *should* get backpay.
BREAKING: Furloughed employees at CDC just received an email about the shutdown, but has REMOVED language about backpay that appeared in a similar email sent out a month ago. On the left is the Oct 1st email with the backpay language, on the right is the email they received today.
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
BREAKING: Furloughed employees at CDC just received an email about the shutdown, but has REMOVED language about backpay that appeared in a similar email sent out a month ago. On the left is the Oct 1st email with the backpay language, on the right is the email they received today.
Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
Thanks to DMs, more info on probationary employees.
1)they are being offered their jobs back.
2)they will get backpay for the time they have been off if they return.
3)most notifications will occur tomorrow
4)one source says they have 2 weeks to return.
BIG NOTE:they must return to get backpay.
1)they are being offered their jobs back.
2)they will get backpay for the time they have been off if they return.
3)most notifications will occur tomorrow
4)one source says they have 2 weeks to return.
BIG NOTE:they must return to get backpay.
March 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Thanks to DMs, more info on probationary employees.
1)they are being offered their jobs back.
2)they will get backpay for the time they have been off if they return.
3)most notifications will occur tomorrow
4)one source says they have 2 weeks to return.
BIG NOTE:they must return to get backpay.
1)they are being offered their jobs back.
2)they will get backpay for the time they have been off if they return.
3)most notifications will occur tomorrow
4)one source says they have 2 weeks to return.
BIG NOTE:they must return to get backpay.
Backpay only for Trump loyalists
Reporter: Is it the WH’s position that furloughed workers should be paid their back pay?
Trump: It depends on who we’re talking about. We're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way
Trump: It depends on who we’re talking about. We're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way
October 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Backpay only for Trump loyalists
And we deserve backpay, Mark
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
And we deserve backpay, Mark
attiah got backpay too lol
August 24, 2026 at 5:17 PM
attiah got backpay too lol
I'm filing for backpay.
October 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I'm filing for backpay.
There should be an immediate pledge from Democratic Party leadership committing to rehiring everyone purged from this alongside backpay as soon as there’s a Democratic president.
Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
February 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
There should be an immediate pledge from Democratic Party leadership committing to rehiring everyone purged from this alongside backpay as soon as there’s a Democratic president.
This is the way. Any 2028 Dem candidates need to start saying that on Day One: (1) all ICE agents fired; (2) pensions/benefits defunded; (3) forced to pay backpay as restitution to victims; and (4) only way to avoid prison is to become a cooperating informant
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 3:21 AM
This is the way. Any 2028 Dem candidates need to start saying that on Day One: (1) all ICE agents fired; (2) pensions/benefits defunded; (3) forced to pay backpay as restitution to victims; and (4) only way to avoid prison is to become a cooperating informant
And Trump’s threat not to pay backpay to federal workers is only going to make this worse‼️
October 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
And Trump’s threat not to pay backpay to federal workers is only going to make this worse‼️
Fuck this.
This is nothing but red meat for Trump’s base. A federal law that *Trump* signed into law guarantees backpay to furloughed workers. There’s no disputing this.
This is nothing but red meat for Trump’s base. A federal law that *Trump* signed into law guarantees backpay to furloughed workers. There’s no disputing this.
A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.
This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.
This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.
October 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Fuck this.
This is nothing but red meat for Trump’s base. A federal law that *Trump* signed into law guarantees backpay to furloughed workers. There’s no disputing this.
This is nothing but red meat for Trump’s base. A federal law that *Trump* signed into law guarantees backpay to furloughed workers. There’s no disputing this.
Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance
An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.
www.govexec.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER
Q: How will you decide which workers get backpay and which do not?
TRUMP: Most of them are gonna get backpay. Some of them are being hurt very badly by the Democrats and they therefore won't qualify
TRUMP: Most of them are gonna get backpay. Some of them are being hurt very badly by the Democrats and they therefore won't qualify
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Q: How will you decide which workers get backpay and which do not?
TRUMP: Most of them are gonna get backpay. Some of them are being hurt very badly by the Democrats and they therefore won't qualify
TRUMP: Most of them are gonna get backpay. Some of them are being hurt very badly by the Democrats and they therefore won't qualify
Wake me when an ai “breaks containment”, gets into HR, finds 7500 employees illegally misclassified as contractors and files their paperwork with the local departments of labour and/or employment for years of backpay.
August 10, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Wake me when an ai “breaks containment”, gets into HR, finds 7500 employees illegally misclassified as contractors and files their paperwork with the local departments of labour and/or employment for years of backpay.
Schmitt asks Hegseth to pledge that he'll recruit back the service members who were fired over vax mandates. Hegseth goes even further and says they'll get backpay
January 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Schmitt asks Hegseth to pledge that he'll recruit back the service members who were fired over vax mandates. Hegseth goes even further and says they'll get backpay
Backpay? They’re cutting services to wounded veterans but offering backpay to those who quit rather than follow a medical protocol?
April 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Backpay? They’re cutting services to wounded veterans but offering backpay to those who quit rather than follow a medical protocol?
Are furloughed federal employees entitled to backpay?
The short answer is yes furloughed federal employees are entitled to backpay, but the mechanism a little complicated.
And, importantly, it means the House GOP CR is insufficient for reopening the govt & needs to be amended.
Thread explaining:
The short answer is yes furloughed federal employees are entitled to backpay, but the mechanism a little complicated.
And, importantly, it means the House GOP CR is insufficient for reopening the govt & needs to be amended.
Thread explaining:
Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay
A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.
www.axios.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Are furloughed federal employees entitled to backpay?
The short answer is yes furloughed federal employees are entitled to backpay, but the mechanism a little complicated.
And, importantly, it means the House GOP CR is insufficient for reopening the govt & needs to be amended.
Thread explaining:
The short answer is yes furloughed federal employees are entitled to backpay, but the mechanism a little complicated.
And, importantly, it means the House GOP CR is insufficient for reopening the govt & needs to be amended.
Thread explaining:
NEW: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just got an email telling furloughed workers to return to work Monday. They will be paid starting Monday, but won’t get backpay for precious furlough days until the shutdown ends.
October 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NEW: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just got an email telling furloughed workers to return to work Monday. They will be paid starting Monday, but won’t get backpay for precious furlough days until the shutdown ends.
Remember the selfish service members who denied science and refused to get the Covid vaccine to protect everyone around them?
They’re going to be rewarded with backpay.
Fantastic allocation of funds.
Priorities.
They’re going to be rewarded with backpay.
Fantastic allocation of funds.
Priorities.
January 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Remember the selfish service members who denied science and refused to get the Covid vaccine to protect everyone around them?
They’re going to be rewarded with backpay.
Fantastic allocation of funds.
Priorities.
They’re going to be rewarded with backpay.
Fantastic allocation of funds.
Priorities.
This is rampant lawlessness
The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance
An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.
www.govexec.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is rampant lawlessness
The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that
www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
If I've always been the caretaker here...i'm owed some serious backpay
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 AM
If I've always been the caretaker here...i'm owed some serious backpay
Q: Is it the White House's position that furloughed workers should get backpay?
TRUMP: I would say it depends on who we're talking about
TRUMP: I would say it depends on who we're talking about
October 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Q: Is it the White House's position that furloughed workers should get backpay?
TRUMP: I would say it depends on who we're talking about
TRUMP: I would say it depends on who we're talking about
AP reports that most TSA officers received backpay on Monday for at least 2 missed paychecks, per agency statement.
March 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
AP reports that most TSA officers received backpay on Monday for at least 2 missed paychecks, per agency statement.