{"id":24589,"date":"2017-06-06T15:35:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T22:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/labor-unions-plan-rallies-in-bid-to-avert-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2017-06-06T15:35:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T22:35:52","slug":"labor-unions-plan-rallies-in-bid-to-avert-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/labor-unions-plan-rallies-in-bid-to-avert-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor unions plan rallies in bid to avert government shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

The state’s labor unions are planning rallies across Alaska on Sunday in an effort to avoid a statewide government shutdown.<\/p>\n

The “Keep Alaska Open For Business” rally will include events in Fairbanks, Juneau and Anchorage. In Juneau, it will take place from 1-2 p.m. in front of the Capitol. Fourth Street will be closed during the rally. The Fairbanks rally will be at the Fairbanks Legislative Information Office, 1292 Saddler Way; the Anchorage event will be at the Anchorage LIO, 1500 W. Benson Blvd.<\/p>\n

The rallies will take place less than three weeks before the July 1 start of the state’s fiscal year. If the Legislature cannot agree on a budget ─ and how to pay for it ─ before that date, state services will shut down.<\/p>\n

On Facebook<\/a> and on the AFL-CIO website<\/a>, rally organizers say they are “encouraging lawmakers to come up with a plan they can agree on before the scheduled June 16 end of the current special session. A government shutdown looms just two weeks later on July 1st if a deal is not reached.”<\/p>\n

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Contact reporter James Brooks at james.k.brooks@juneauempire.com or call 419-7732.<\/b><\/p>\n

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