Federal Shutdown/Lockout Update
Friday, October 4, 2013(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Today’s
Events
11a: Stand Against the GOP
Shutdown
U.S. Capitol, House Triangle, Independence Ave SE and First St SE (near the
House steps to the Capitol Building).
Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal workers
rally.
2p:
"What the Furlough? Working to End the Government Shutdown"
Town
Hall
Meeting, Busboys and Poets, 5th & K; Special edition of B&P’s
Bread & Roses Labor Series: representatives from local and national labor
organizations have been invited to help explore strategies for ending the
government shutdown. photo:
AFSCME Council 26 members leaflet yesterday at the Capitol; photo by Beth
Van de Bussche
8
Things You Need to Know About the Shutdown: It’s
not politics
as usual—it’s an unusual, and dangerous, hijacking of politics by a
determined
minority. Here are eight things to keep in mind as you watch this play
out...click here for Seth Michael's post on the AFL-CIO Now
blog