Thousands of Maryland Workers Could Face Furloughs Due to Sequestration
Furloughs and layoffs could be in the tens of thousands in Maryland alone.
Sequestration does not appear to be causing the same level of panic as did the fiscal cliff, or so says a recent Huffington Post piece.
However, the 800,000 Department of Defense civil workers that would effectively get a 20 percent pay cut due to a one-day-a-week furlough, according to the Washington Business Journal, may not agree.
What about Montgomery County’s 47,000 federal workers, or Prince George’s County’s 70,000 federal workers? The Washington Post identified these civil servants as potentially facing the same fate, or worse.
In another Washington Business Journal story, the U.S Army claims that 23,243 jobs in Maryland could be affected by sequestration, pulling in as much as $527 million in “contributions to the economy.”
The article further breaks down the potential effect on 1,014 contractors who support Army base operations and hundreds of private sector workers in construction and other jobs. It lists specific companies such as Lockheed Martin Corp., Raytheon Co., and CACI International that would feel the effects of sequestration.
Nadia Biznis
8:45 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
My understanding from the last furlough (and this comes from a federal employee that "survived the horror") is that once it was over and funding was restored: They. Got. Their. Pay. After. All.
And since when do Maryland officials care about private sector jobs???
Harry M. Bagdasian
5:13 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
The ax has already fallen on many of us with govt. contracts. Third year of my contract not renewed and it is GONE. All this stuff about "could" and "might be" furloughed or layed off may help others feel optimistic, but me and others I know are now SOL. Thanks Congress!
Joe Galvagna
5:57 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
This is a bunch of leftbwing bull shit, scare statics. Do not believe any of this. The only thing that should be cut if all the give aways free shit to trash not working just sucking the life outbid our country. Right wimg people need to unite to stop this rape of our country by Obama and his party of goons. These people are liers, dishonest, radical racist phonies. Obama wants to destroy the US just to help get more useless Democrats elected. Do nit let him do this fight back. All he wants is more tax heights think how you felt Jan 01 when your pay was cut he wants more increases to pay for the trash like him that want everything free.