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Federal workers to protest government shutdown in Philly Tuesday morning
Federal workers plan to rally Tuesday morning at Independence National Historical Park to protest the partial government shutdown and pay freeze.
The rally is being organized by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents about 10,000 workers in Philadelphia, including Transportation Security Administration agents, Department of Housing and Urban Development employees, and correctional officers, and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), representing more than 5,000 employees locally. - Philly.com
Link to tweet
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Philly in the house! 
From the OP article -
With more than 45,000 federal employees in the Philadelphia metro area, the region has one of the largest concentrations of government workers outside of the Washington area. In New Jersey, more than 5,000 federal employees have either been furloughed or are working without pay, New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said at a press conference at Newark Liberty International Airport Tuesday.
http://www.philly.com/news/federal-shutdown-rally-philadelphia-trump-20190108.html
http://www.philly.com/news/federal-shutdown-rally-philadelphia-trump-20190108.html
(larger versions of the tweeted photos)
Other photos -
(Independence Hall is behind the folks in this pic - I noticed the media were carefully excluding shots that contained Independence Hall, the birthplace building of this country
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