Federal workers protest budget cuts in Warren
Federal employees rallied Wednesday outside the U.S. Army Detroit Arsenal to protest the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration.
PROSECUTE THE CASE. SHAWN LEY REPORTING LIVE. WE'LL HAVE MORE AT FORK AND FROM. THE SO-CALLED SEQUESTRATION CUTS ARE SOME AMERICANS SAY WE SEE NO IMPACT BUT THESE WORKERS IN WARREN THEY DON'T LIKE IT THEY SAY THEY ARE BEING IMPACTED AND THEY STAGE THIS MASS DEMONSTRATION TODAY. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE FROM SKY 4. LOCAL 4 BUSINESS EDITOR RADIOED MALONEY IS LIVE FOR US IN WARREN TO TELL US WHAT THE SEQUESTRATION IS DOING TO THOSE WORKERS, ROD? Reporter: GUY IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THEY ARE PRETTY UPSET. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE LOSING THEIR JOBS THEY WON'T BE GETTING PINK SLIPS AND OFF FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. BUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS GETTING HIT WITH AT LEAST ONE DAY OFF A WEEK. NOW FOR ALL OF US IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT DAY A WEEK OFF WITH NO PAY COULD MEAN TO YOU WELL, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A MAJOR DENT IN YOUR BUDGET. THAT'S WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE MOST UPSET ABOUT. THEY WORK IN MICHIGAN'S DEFENSE CORRIDOR. THEY'VE BEEN OUT HERE PROTESTING IN THE VERY BITTER COLD FOR ABOUT THE LAST HOUR TRYING TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE BEING MADE TO SUFFER BY NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOBS AND THEY'RE DOING THE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLES, AND HELPING THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO TO HELP OUR SOLDIERS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND YET THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE BEING MADE TO PAY BECAUSE OF A POLITICAL BATTLE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. JOE DOLLTON IS IN CHARGE OF THE PROTEST OUT HERE TODAY FROM -- FOR THESE PEOPLE THEY ARE GS-5 AND 6s MAKING $25,000 TO $30,000. NOT EVERYONE IS OVERPAID. THEY WILL FACE 22 PAYLESS DAYS. THE FURLOUGHS ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE EFFECT FROM MID-APRIL THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER. Reporter: IN THE END WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS TO PREVENT THOSE ONE DAY A WEEK LAYOFFS THAT WOULD BE COMING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS BY FRYING TO GET SOME ATTENTION FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO TELL THEM TO STOP MESSING AROUND WITH ALL OF THIS. THEY'VE GOT A LOT MORE TO SAY AND WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT LATER ON LOCAL 4 NEWS
