AFL-CIO's Shuler Joins Fast for Families, Urging Congress to Pass Immigration Reform

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler went to the National Mall on Tuesday and honored fasters who haven't eaten in 21 days, urging House Republicans to hold a vote on citizenship for the nation's 11 million aspiring Americans and to end the deportation crisis. New fasters came to take their place during a ceremony presided over by faith and religious leaders. Inspired by the fasters, Shuler also committed to fasting for a day. The AFL-CIO – and the Metro Washington Council -- support the activists participating in the Fast for Families in Washington.