A federal labor union has sued the United States government for failing to pay “essential” workers during a government shutdown that has stretched into a second week with no end in sight.

The American Federation of Government Employees announced the suit Monday, ten days after a budget dispute over border security and wall spending shuttered government offices and placed 380,000 federal employees on unpaid leave. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

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