Ex-Labor secretary urges federal employees to stop working, picket

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich is urging federal employees going without pay during the partial government shutdown to “stop working,” and urged furloughed workers to picket their workplaces.

The Clinton-era Labor secretary tweeted a dig at what he called President Trump’s “callous regard for all of you.”

“As a former secretary of labor, I urge federal workers who continue to toil without pay to stop working and those who are furloughed to picket their workplaces,” Reich tweeted. “Trump's callous disregard for all of you and for the public welfare must end. He must reopen the U.S. government.”

Reich has been highly critical of Trump in the past, saying in 2017 that the president was “losing his mind” and that the 25th Amendment should be considered to remove him from office.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/426535-ex-labor-secretary-urges-federal-employees-to-stop-working