Nearly 23,000 Oregonians aren’t getting paid, but many must keep working.
By Khushboo Rathore
Oregon Journalism Project
As the government shutdown stretches into its fourth week, most of the nearly 23,000 federal employees in Oregon are still going without pay—including many required to keep working during the shutdown, such as airport screeners and air traffic controllers.
Analysis by OJP indicates that back pay for Oregon’s federal workers, mandated by the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act