Battle to Stop Privatization at West Point to Be Discussed On "Inside Government"

Battle to Stop Privatization at West Point to Be Discussed On "Inside Government"

Health Care Reform, U.S. Employment Outlook Also to be Addressed

WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Efforts to stop the contracting out of hundreds of jobs at the United States Military Academy at West Point will be discussed this week on AFGE's "Inside Government" radio show. The show will air on Friday, May 15 at 10 a.m. EDT nationwide on Federal News Radio at www.federalnewsradio.com and 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C., area.

Don Hale, AFGE DEFCON Chair, will update listeners on the Army's recent decision to outsource more than 300 public works jobs to the private sector through a controversial A-76 cost competition study in late March. Hale also will detail AFGE's efforts to prevent further job loss, and praise congressional support from U.S. Reps. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) and John Hall (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.).

Jacque Simon, AFGE public policy director, will address health care reform in the U.S., labor's role in the process, and what President Obama's plan may look like. Scott Eblin, president of the Eblin Group, then will talk about his book, "The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success," and provide executive coaching tips for federal employees.

Lastly, Economist Heidi Shierholz from the Economic Policy Institute will expand upon a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report that there are nearly five unemployed job seekers for every available job. That number has increased from a four-to-one ratio in November 2008.

"Inside Government" is hosted by AFGE Assistant General Counsel J. Ward Morrow. Programs are archived on the Federal News Radio Web site and can be heard on demand at http://www.federalnewsradio.com/ or http://www.afge.org/insidegovernment. Please note there will be a short advertisement prior to the start of the program. The program also is available via iTunes podcast by clicking here. Users must install iTunes on their computers before accessing "Inside Government" via podcast.

For instructions on how to listen to "Inside Government," click here.

The program also airs on Saturdays at 7 a.m. on KTKK 630 AM, "The Voice of Utah," in Ogden, Utah sponsored by AFGE Local 1592.

For more information, please e-mail InsideGovernment@afge.org or go to www.federalnewsradio.com.

"Inside Government" is a one-hour weekly nationwide radio/Internet program dedicated to issues that impact federal and D.C. government employees. The show airs each Friday at 10 a.m. on Federal News Radio 1500 AM in Washington, D.C. and online at www.federalnewsradio.com. It is also available to 70 million iPod users through Apple's iTunes podcast. "Inside Government" is produced by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the nation's largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.

Source: American Federation of Government Employees

CONTACT: Jason Fornicola of American Federation of Government Employees,
+1-202-639-6448

Web Site: http://www.afge.org/
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/

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