Punching In: Government Freeze Thaws, Union Leaders Jailed

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

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Chris Opfer: Government workers can’t strike, but they can call in sick. Was last week’s LaGuardia Airport traffic halt the straw that broke the camel’s back, melted the border wall funding stalemate, and forced the White House and Congress to reach a deal to reopen the government? We may have to wait for the tell-all books to hit the stands to get a full picture of what happened behind the scenes to end (at least temporarily) the longest government shutdown on record.

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