Unions Not Done With the Government Shutdown Just Yet (1)

Washington is breathing a sigh of relief as it averts a second government shutdown in 2019. But the labor movement isn’t backing off its public awareness and political pressure campaigns just yet.

Unions are instead joining forces with contractors to secure the pay they didn’t receive during the 35-day government shutdown that ended last month.

“The fight isn’t over,” AFL-CIO spokesman John Weber said in a statement to Bloomberg Law.

Federal employees have already received back pay, but the final funding bill Congress sent to the White House doesn’t provide contractors with such pay. And that’s left many businesses scrambling ...