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Basically this shut down the federal government yesterday.... Interesting that NOTHING I have seen indicates WHY the Metro had to be shut down on short notice. If you have not had the please of living or working in DC; getting to work there can be nightmare. When I was there in late 80's if you worked in the Pentagon troops and employees who used van pools had to be given 48 hour notice to find alternative and parking if required to work late. It's that bad.
Rail shutdown forces some D.C.-area feds to take leave or telework
The Officer of Personnel Management on March 16 gave federal employees in the Washington area the option to take unscheduled leave or perform unscheduled telework due to a shutdown of region’s Metrorail system.
With no advance warning the prior day, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced that the entire Metrorail system—the six rail lines and 91 stations that serve the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia metro region—would shut down March 15 and not restart service until 29 hours later, at 5 a.m., March 17.
About 700,000 riders use the Metrorail system each day.
Metrorail management made the unprecedented decision to shut down the entire system and conduct emergency inspections of its 600 third-rail power cables following an early morning tunnel fire March 14. WMATA warned that once the inspections are completed, there may be a need for additional rail service outages.
American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David
Cox Sr. blasted OPM for not authorizing the use of administrative leave due to the suddenness of the shutdown.
“Employees who rely on Metro to commute to work should not be forced to use personal leave because of Metro’s decision to close its doors,” Cox said. “While many employees are able to work from home, that’s not an option for most federal and D.C. government employees. That’s especially true for employees at the lower end of the pay scale.”
Cox called on OPM to reverse its decision and grant administrative leave to employees who were unable to report to work due the Metro shutdown.
Rail shutdown forces some D.C.-area feds to take leave or telework -- FederalSoup.com
Rail shutdown forces some D.C.-area feds to take leave or telework
The Officer of Personnel Management on March 16 gave federal employees in the Washington area the option to take unscheduled leave or perform unscheduled telework due to a shutdown of region’s Metrorail system.
- By FederalSoup Staff
- Mar 16, 2016
With no advance warning the prior day, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced that the entire Metrorail system—the six rail lines and 91 stations that serve the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia metro region—would shut down March 15 and not restart service until 29 hours later, at 5 a.m., March 17.
About 700,000 riders use the Metrorail system each day.
Metrorail management made the unprecedented decision to shut down the entire system and conduct emergency inspections of its 600 third-rail power cables following an early morning tunnel fire March 14. WMATA warned that once the inspections are completed, there may be a need for additional rail service outages.
American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David
Cox Sr. blasted OPM for not authorizing the use of administrative leave due to the suddenness of the shutdown.
“Employees who rely on Metro to commute to work should not be forced to use personal leave because of Metro’s decision to close its doors,” Cox said. “While many employees are able to work from home, that’s not an option for most federal and D.C. government employees. That’s especially true for employees at the lower end of the pay scale.”
Cox called on OPM to reverse its decision and grant administrative leave to employees who were unable to report to work due the Metro shutdown.
Rail shutdown forces some D.C.-area feds to take leave or telework -- FederalSoup.com
