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• Federal employee unions, organizations call for an end to DHS shutdown - March 18, 2026

• FMA continues to push for an end to the shutdown of the DHS.

  Drew Friedman, Federal News Network

  After more than four weeks of a shutdown across the Department of Homeland Security, many federal unions and employee organizations are calling for relief for the impacted agency employees.

  Out of more than 260,000 DHS personnel, tens of thousands of employees have been feeling financial strain after working over a month without pay. That includes workers at the Transportation Security Administration, FEMA, Coast Guard, Secret Service and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Many employees missed a full paycheck last Friday — the first entirely skipped payday since the shutdown began.

  To read the full article, click here.

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