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beachbum bob

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2. Almost all contractors are W2 employees thru staffing agencies and can

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2019, 09:12 PM

Jan 2019

Apply for unemployment. I watch caterpillar families survived for strikes on $150/week from union strike fund for a year.. thrust shutdown is survivable as we can not give in to to a tyrant...no reason for handwringing.

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Dems struggling to help low-wage contractors harmed by shutdown [View all] left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 OP

No pay!! Traildogbob Jan 2019 #1

Almost all contractors are W2 employees thru staffing agencies and can beachbum bob Jan 2019 #2

"families survived for strikes on $150/week" left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 #3

I said survive, I saw it with strikes in 1980s and 1990s, lenders and landlords beachbum bob Jan 2019 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 #5

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Trump has been screwing contractors... NOMOGOP Jan 2019 #7