Mealey's (January 24, 2019, 11:51 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government filed a combined opposition on Jan. 22 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to motions for preliminary injunctions filed by federal workers and their unions in three separate lawsuits seeking pay for work performed during the government shutdown or an injunction prohibiting “excepted” employees from having to report to work (National Treasury Employees Union v. United States of America, et al., No. 19-50, Janette Hardy, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 19-51, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, et al. v. United States of America, et al., No. 19-62, D. D.C.)....