Furloughs Feed Federal Worker Insecurity Amid Pay Freezes
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Karen Buondonno, a drone researcher at the Federal Aviation Administration for 23 years, used to view her job as secure. That sense of safety has eroded, she said, a casualty of three furloughs since 2011.
Buondonno, 46, and a National Federation of Federal Employees union representative, said she loves her work and has no intention of quitting.