Furloughs start for civilian workers at Oklahoma military bases

By CHRIS CASTEEL NewsOK.com on Jul 7, 2013, at 2:37 AM??Updated on 7/07/13 at 5:19 AM

WASHINGTON - Nearly 20,000 civilian workers at Oklahoma military bases are set to be furloughed this week in the first of 11 forced days off that will cut their salaries by 20 percent through September.

"There are people who are going to be devastated by this, people who live right on the line, that live paycheck to paycheck," said James Schmidt, the union representative for about 14,000 civilian workers at Tinker Air Force Base.

James MacDonald, a production controller at Tinker's maintenance center, said the pay cut could mean he can't make his mortgage payments.

"There's no way that I can make up that income,'' MacDonald said, adding that he was already working part-time at two other jobs. "I really, really can't afford it. It's just stressful."

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