Regional labor leaders gathered in Bremerton last week to discuss the hardships posed by the ongoing federal government shutdown that are facing workers at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
About a third of the approximately 80,000 federal workers in Washington's 6th Congressional District, which covers swaths of Tacoma, Kitsap County and the Olympic Peninsula. Many are furloughed or working without pay because of the shutdown.
U.S. Rep. Emily Randall, who represents the district, announced on Friday that she is co-sponsoring a bipartisan effort to allow navy shipyard workers to be paid during a government shutdown.
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