SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - It's been 21 days since the government shutdown began, causing many federal workers to be furloughed or required to work without pay. In this Your Money Matters, we check in with the American Federation of Government Employees or AFGE union to learn more about the shutdown impact.

From the VA to the Bureau of Prisons and more, District 8 of the AFGE represents around 40 thousand workers in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota. Ruark Hotopp, the National Vice President for District 8, says there is worry amongst those employees as we head into a fourth week of the government shutdown.

"Our folks are seeing that they've now missed one paycheck, they're on the verge of missing a second paycheck as we enter the fourth week of the shutdown and mo

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