Workers rally in Boston to demand end to shutdown

(11 Jan 2019) Federal workers who aren't getting paychecks amid the lingering government shutdown rallied in Boston Friday to call on President Donald Trump to drop his demand for funding for a wall on the southern U.S. border. Furloughed workers carrying signs with messages such as "Don't Wall Feds Out" chanted "Let us serve" and "We want to work" in the frigid cold as others described the toll the three-week impasse is beginning to have on their families. Leiran Biton, a furloughed employee with the Environmental Protection Agency, said the closure is hurting the economy because any company that wants to expand can't do so without an air permit. "They're out of luck until we get back to work." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...