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(29,876 posts) Sat Jan 26, 2013, 02:25 AM Jan 2013

Pentagon’s 46,000 Temporary Workers May Lose Their Jobs [View all]

Source: Bloomberg

The Pentagon has given managers authority to start firing some of its 46,000 temporary workers now in anticipation of across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect in March according to Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.

By mid-February, the Defense Department is also likely to begin notifying its 800,000 civilian employees that they face mandatory unpaid leave one day a week starting in April unless Congress and President Barack Obama agree on a way to avert the spending cuts aimed at reducing the federal deficit, Carter told reporters in a briefing at the Pentagon today.

“There will be 800,000 people subject to furlough all over the country who will not be getting a fifth of their paycheck” if the cuts take effect, he said.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-25/pentagon-s-46-000-temporary-workers-may-face-immediate-job-cuts.html

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Pentagon’s 46,000 Temporary Workers May Lose Their Jobs [View all] Purveyor Jan 2013 OP

"Firing" ? lexw Jan 2013 #1

Perhaps. Igel Jan 2013 #59

Everywhere I look.... lexw Jan 2013 #70

maybe the should also cut the billion dollar toys annm4peace Jan 2013 #2

Sadly it doesn't work like that... n/t humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #3

but a nice thing to remind the letters to the editor annm4peace Jan 2013 #4

So you support furloughing Civil Servants? NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #21

Like most of the rest of the working middle class in this country. Ask the autoworker about 'pay Purveyor Jan 2013 #24

Do you support pay cuts for the middle class? NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #49

Of course not but that is what has happened especially in manufacturing. eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #50

Employees, including Faculty went through Furloughs in UC Berkeley lunatica Jan 2013 #27

yea, i worked for the state during furloughs too shanti Jan 2013 #65

Our Office Lost Nearly All of our Contractors modrepub Jan 2013 #32

This article is only about the DoD, the other agencies (social) are going to make similar cuts. Hugin Jan 2013 #52

Sorry modrepub Jan 2013 #74

No that is not what I was saying annm4peace Jan 2013 #60

Blame congress Revanchist Jan 2013 #7

Layoffs are a PR gimmick by the Pentagon--they are hiding behind middle class Americans Kolesar Jan 2013 #10

But that would only help the 99% and we don't matter to them. nt valerief Jan 2013 #19

Because the 99% don't have jobs making that stuff. (nt) jeff47 Jan 2013 #40

yes, cut the old junk Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2013 #66

Sell off all those fucking golf courses! SoapBox Jan 2013 #5

Also get out of Nascar! Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Jan 2013 #11

p.s... SoapBox Jan 2013 #6

How about not picking on those who work and picking on those lunatica Jan 2013 #28

Austerity for workers fasttense Jan 2013 #8

And when they cut the jobs then they should make sure to cut the unemployment benefits lunatica Jan 2013 #30

North Carolina Republicans are all over that. WorseBeforeBetter Jan 2013 #35

Some other cuts: unhappycamper Jan 2013 #9

Thanks for the background links, UHC. n/t Hugin Jan 2013 #16

This could be a tactic to pursuade the Republicans to make a deal. DCBob Jan 2013 #12

and southern states economies will feel the pain underpants Jan 2013 #13

Oh, look... It's a pay cut for Federal Employees. Hugin Jan 2013 #14

Doesn't temporary usually imply that the jobs are not permanent? olddad56 Jan 2013 #15

Those "Temporary" positions are sometimes used to maintain continuity of operations during... Hugin Jan 2013 #17

"temporary" includes things like "you'll do this for us for the next 5 years". jeff47 Jan 2013 #36

The pitfalls of looking to the MIC as a jobs program. Ikonoklast Jan 2013 #18

That pretty much nails it. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #23

Give me another jobs program that can get through Congress, and I'll happily support it jeff47 Jan 2013 #41

cut Pentagon management pay FIRST. Cut ALL the percs of the Leadership first!! Sunlei Jan 2013 #20

Yeah, slashing the salary and benes of those 6 people will make all the difference! (nt) jeff47 Jan 2013 #42

probably cost us taxpayers a billion a year or more for those 6 people. let them use ss and medicare Sunlei Jan 2013 #53

Math isn't your strong suit, is it? jeff47 Jan 2013 #55

yes with benefits for all his family, his luxury spots vacations, free airfare for all, yes. Sunlei Jan 2013 #57

Um....no. jeff47 Jan 2013 #58

Wow! A $200M a year position in the Pentagon? Hugin Jan 2013 #62

200 Million a year is reserved for defense contractor executives... Katashi_itto Jan 2013 #63

The DoD Civilians I know don't even have Commissary privileges. n/t Hugin Jan 2013 #67

Yup, I am really glad i don't work for DoD, precious few perks. Commissary privileges are a big one Katashi_itto Jan 2013 #73

The first internet bully I ever encountered, during O's '08 campaign, was a staffing recruiter patrice Jan 2013 #22

Are you sure it wasn't a 12 yo in their folk's basement with daddy's login? Hugin Jan 2013 #26

Yeah, account security over at FB isn't the greatest, so I guess the probability is about 50:50. patrice Jan 2013 #31

Well, never the less, I'm sorry it happened to you. Hugin Jan 2013 #34

Thanks. I remember it, because I do think the best most of the time. I know it isn't characteristic patrice Jan 2013 #38

Hey...don't knock the 12 yo in the basement, thats how I started out with a 300 baud BBS. ;) eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #69

Yes, but, in those days it was a level playing field. Hugin Jan 2013 #71

The Pentagon is not a jobs program tabasco Jan 2013 #25

However, these cuts are not directed at the Contracts. Hugin Jan 2013 #29

Contractors got their cuts in October jeff47 Jan 2013 #44

I don't recall a single Contractor leaving in Oct. Hugin Jan 2013 #51

They get paid by the contract, not by the body. jeff47 Jan 2013 #54

You'd have a good idea if unemployment wasn't extremely high right now. (nt) jeff47 Jan 2013 #37

So, you think the Defense Department is a jobs program tabasco Jan 2013 #46

So you're a Republican then? jeff47 Jan 2013 #47

I don't buy into supply side BS. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #48

My impression was different. sofa king Jan 2013 #45

Turning them into more expensive contractors doesn't solve their budget problem jeff47 Jan 2013 #56

How about closing some overseas bases instead........ think Jan 2013 #33

You'd do that if you had time to decide which ones to close jeff47 Jan 2013 #39

The budget doesn't work like that. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #43

Maybe it would help if . . . Brigid Jan 2013 #61

furloughs shanti Jan 2013 #64

It's easier to cut temp workers and contractors AnnieBW Jan 2013 #68

The next round of contracts would be affected. DCBob Jan 2013 #72