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| Federal Employees Protest Budget For Next Year |
(IRN)-Federal employees took to the streets in Illinois Wednesday to protest the proposed federal budget.
Members of the American Federation of Government Employees, which include employees from the Social Security Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Labor, Department of Agriculture and others, marched in front of federal buildings in downtown Chicago waving signs that said "don't shut down the recovery" and "we want clean air and clean water." There were chants of "what do we want, social security, what do we want, cost of living adjustment."
Dorothy James, national vice president for District 7 American Federation of Government Employees, says her members are worried about cuts in the proposed FY 2011 federal budget and the potential of a government shutdown. She says the public must know devastating impact of both.
"These cuts would starve local communities of vital resources," James said. "Assistance to local communities for public housing, day care and after school programs, meals for the elderly and programs that create and retain jobs are all at risk. These cuts are not in the best interest of the American public for whom we serve.”
James says some proposed cuts include $2.64 billion from the EPA, $1.7 billion from the Social Security Administration and $1.1 billion from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
AFGE has sent letters to U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asking them to reassess the needs of the people and reconsider the cuts.
(Source: Illinois Radio Network) |
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