Feds Plan Rallies Thursday & Friday

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Feds Plan Rallies Thursday & Friday(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Federal workers will stage back-to-back anti-shutdown rallies on Capitol Hill this Thursday and Friday. Thursday’s will be at 11a in Upper Senate Park (Constitution Ave. & Delaware Ave NE) and Friday’s will be at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. “Over the weekend the House of Representatives voted to give back pay to furloughed workers after the shutdown,” says AFSCME Council 26’s Carl Goldman. “This is a direct result of the pressure put on the House Republicans by federal unions. It shows that demonstrations and the resulting media attention work.” But the fight isn't over, Goldman says. “There is still no end in sight to the shutdown,” and with the deadline looming for raising the debt ceiling, there’s no telling when the furloughed federal employees will be able to return to work and/or receive a paycheck. photo from October 4 Capitol Hill demo by Chris Garlock

 

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