Federal Shutdown/Lockout Update

(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