Sequestration Day of Action Set for Wednesday
Monday, March 18, 2013(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)As part of a national day of action around the sequestration, working families will gather at 12 noon this Wednesday March 20th to call on Congress to repeal sequestration immediately. Across the board cuts, known as sequestration, went into effect on March 1st and will cost 750,000 jobs nationwide and cut nearly $374 million in non-defense funding for critical programs in the District, Maryland and Virginia.