Federal Workers Demand "Shared Prosperity, Not Austerity"

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Federal union members – in town for AFGE’s annual legislative conference – staged two events yesterday, rallying at noon (right) at the U.S. Capitol to demand “Shared Prosperity, Not Austerity” and then holding a candlelight vigil at 5p to remember the lives of fallen correctional officers Eric Williams, Jose Rivera and Osvaldo Albarati. A number of top Congressional allies joined AFGE at their conference – whose theme is “big enough to win” – and at the rally and vigil. Click here for Joe Davidson’s report in The Washington Post. photo by Chris Garlock