On a sunny weekday in Atlanta, a small crowd of people gathered for a rally outside of a labor union headquarters building.
The event, put together by Atlanta-area Democratic U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, was attended mostly by union members and recently fired federal workers, including Ryan Sloane.
“I was fired by an anonymous email at 9 p.m. in the middle of a holiday weekend,” he said.
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