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AFGE, Rainbow PUSH, Rev. Jackson Sr., Federal Employees To Rally Against Government Shutdown NYC
From email.
Call on Congress to pass clean funding bill, allow federal employees to work
WHAT: Stop the Lockout Rally
WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9
WHERE: Foley Square, Lafayette Street between Duane and Worth streets, behind 26 Federal Plaza (the Jacob A. Javits Federal Building in Lower Manhattan)
WHO: Keynote speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Rainbow PUSH Coalition members
Federal civilian employees represented by the American Federation of Government Employees
AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer Eugene Hudson Jr.
Leaders from NY State AFL-CIO, NYC Central Labor Council, other union
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