Politics & Government

Civilian Furloughs Begin This Week At Groton Navy Base

750 are affected at the Sub Base, and another 600+ techs with the CT National Guard will also take the hit.

Sequestration, the word on everyone's lips a few months ago, is back in the news this week as one-day furloughs begin for about 750 civilian employees at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton.

The workers — more than half of the civilian force on the base — will have one unpaid day off each week between now and the end of the fiscal year, a total of 11 weeks.

"The sub base furlough — which amounts to the equivalent of about 35 jobs in total number of hours — is larger than the cuts that would have led to the closing of six airport control towers; those closures were averted," reported the Hartford Courant in May, when the furloughs were announced

Also starting today are furloughs for 618 National Guard technicians. The group includes human resources and finance specialists, legal clerks and aircraft maintainers.


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