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“Open the government today! Open the government today!”

That was the chant outside the American Federation of Government Employees headquarters in D.C., where labor leaders called on Congress to find a way to end the government shutdown.

AFGE represents roughly 820,000 government workers.

National President Everett Kelley said his members are deeply stressed by the shutdown, which entered its eighth day Wednesday. He cited the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration, from its mass firings that began in February to its ind

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