Advertisement

Some Furloughed Workers Opt For Community Service

02:54
Download Audio
Resume
EPA workers Kathy Kaufman and Carla Oldham help clean Herndon Park in Durham during furlough. (Leoneda Inge/WUNC)
EPA workers Kathy Kaufman and Carla Oldham help clean Herndon Park in Durham during furlough. (Leoneda Inge/WUNC)

About 2,000 people who work for Environmental Protection Agency in North Carolina are not at their jobs today, due to the government shutdown.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Leoneda Inge of WUNC reports on what some of them are doing with their time off.

Reporter

This segment aired on October 8, 2013.

Advertisement

More from Here & Now

Listen Live
Close