Five workers of the United States federal government have sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration over the ongoing partial government shutdown.
The workers said they’ve been unlawfully required to work without pay and barred from seeking alternative jobs, thehill.com reported.
The lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, argues that requiring workers to report for duty without pay during the shutdown violates the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
The lawsuit also claims that the government violated the plaintiffs’ Fifth Amendment rights by limiting their ability to seek alternative employment during the shutdown, which began Dec. 22.
The plaintiffs were not identified, according to the hill.com, but two work for the Department of Justice, and the other three work for the Departments of Transportation,…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
