(Rock Island, IL) -- Hundreds of federal employees won't be returning to work at the Rock Island Arsenal Tuesday morning.
Illinois Democrat Congressman Eric Sorensen's office confirms that over one-thousand federal workers on the island have been furloughed while the government shutdown enters its third week.
Essential federal employees continue to work but aren't receiving paychecks.
The AFGE, a labor union for federal employees, is asking a federal judge for a restraining order to halt the thousands of federal employee firings announced by the White House on Friday.
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