Federal employees plan nationwide rallies to protest sequestration
Source: REUTERS
WASHINGTON, Federal employees are
planning to hold about 100 rallies across the country on March 20 protesting
sequestration, as part of a mass demonstration organized by the American
Federation of Government Employees.
The events will take place outside federal agencies and lawmakers' offices to
highlight the valuable work performed by federal employees at military bases,
Social Security offices, federal prisons and thousands of other locations.
"Our message is very clear: sequestration has got to go," AFGE National
President J. David Cox Sr. said. "If federal employees are furloughed without
pay, if offices and plants are shut down, if vacancies aren't filled because of
these across-the-board budget cuts, then federal employees won't be able to do
the work that the American public expects them to do."
AFGE is organizing the National Day of Protest with help from the AFL-CIO,
including state federations and central labor councils; Americans for Tax
Fairness; and the Alliance for Retired Americans. The goal is to demonstrate to
lawmakers and citizens that there are real consequences to the massive budget
cuts called for under sequestration. In addition to the direct cuts in service
delivery, furloughing more than a million workers across the country will have a
trickle-down effect on local businesses.
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