Furloughed EPA Workers Opt For Public Service
Source: WUNC Radio
One of the largest EPA offices outside of Washington DC is in Research Triangle Park. That means some 2,000 employees are at home and not working during the government shut-down. But on Tuesday, a few dozen EPA workers could be found spending their un-wanted time off doing community service.
If you work for the Environmental Protection Agency it’s safe to say you like the environment. So it’s no surprise furloughed EPA workers are picking up trash, laying mulch and pruning small trees at Herndon Park near Southpoint in Durham....
Other EPA workdays planned for the rest of the week include yard work at the local Ronald McDonald House and fixing a pier at Falls Lake.
Read more: http://wunc.org/post/furloughed-epa-workers-opt-public-service
The article goes on to compare this shutdown to the one in 1995 when the EPA employees were also doing service work.
Audio at link if you prefer.
The EPA is one of the biggest employers in RTP, so it's good to see them getting out.
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they think people on unemployment don't want to work. Yeah if I don't work I get depressed and thats exactly what the fuck happened. No jobs in late 2008 after being laid off obviously no jobs in 2009 and by 2010 I'd given up 
although technically I still do odd jobs around and keep my computer skills intact. and write comments here just to keep up with typing. So it's in my interest to do this. 
