Federal workers say public goods are being used as bargaining chips in a billionaire power grab. With the government shut down, the Federal Unionists Network is telling congresspeople to hold the line.

A coalition of unions in the federal sector signed on to an extraordinary Federal Unionists Network (FUN) letter September 29 urging the Democrats to fight Trump administration cuts, even at the price of a government shutdown. It was titled “No Bad Budget in Our Name,” and signers represent tens of thousands of federal workers.

Now that the shutdown has started, FUN is organizing a response among federal unionists, stating: “This is much more than a fight between branches of government or political parties. This government shutdown is a showdown between the public and the billionaires.”

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