Feds Plan Rallies Thursday & Friday
Wednesday, October 9, 2013(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