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WATERVLIET, N.Y. -- Dozens of union members and workers lined
the front of the Watervliet Arsenal Thursday for a "furlough
fight- back rally," in protest of mandatory two-week furloughs,
put in place by Congress, of over 600 arsenal workers.  The
furloughs—unpaid, mandated time off -- fall in line with the
automatic federal budget cuts that took affect March 1st. Worker
Charles Hannan has been employed by Watervliet Arsenal for 34
years. He has a special-needs daughter and growing medical
bills. Hannan says he can't afford to further tighten his
family's already tight budget, by being forced to take unpaid
days off of work.  "It's, once again, the government taking
their money issues out on the little person. Federal employees
like me take the hit, while no one in Congress would be willing
to give up 14 days of their pay. We have mortgages, taxes,
medical bills. If I showed you my medica