State employees, family members rally at State House

AUGUSTA — More than 150 state employees rallied Saturday morning at the State House to urge state legislators to pass a budget that would end the government shutdown.

The government shut down at midnight Friday after the House of Representatives and the Senate could not agree on a budget for the fiscal year that began Saturday.

Employees, some with children and other relatives in tow, marched from Capitol Park to the State House, passing in front of the governor’s mansion while chanting “shame, shame, shame.”

“We will have our voices heard, we will march on and we will live another day,” Maine State Employees Association President Ramona Welton told the assembled crowd.

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