Reported by Kate Ryan for WTOP News
Speakers outside the AFGE offices, just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, said again and again that Congress must find a way to get federal workers back on the job.
“The American people and the workers who keep this country running are being held hostage by a political dispute,” said Greg Regan, president of the Transportation Trades Department with the AFL-CIO.
Randy Erwin, president of the National Federation of Federal Employees, also criticized Trump directly. Speaking at the podium during a sudden downpour, Erwin referred to the 2019 law that calls for furloughed workers to get back pay when the federal government shuts down.
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