A thrice-rejected plan to repay thousands of District workers for furlough days city leaders forced them to take last year is poised to resurface, D.C. officials and union leaders said.

“I still believe very strongly that public employees in the District of Columbia will receive reimbursement,” said Geo Johnson, executive director of the local affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. “There was confusion that may have taken place. I think as they go back and rethink that, I think folks will reconsider it.”