AFGE Activists Take Their Issues to the Airwaves on 'Inside Government'

AFGE Activists Take Their Issues to the Airwaves on 'Inside Government'

Union members from Department of Defense, Homeland Security and D.C. Government Agencies to Discuss Concerns

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Activists from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) will shed light on issues facing their agencies this week on AFGE's "Inside Government" radio show. The show will air on Friday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. EDT nationwide on Federal News Radio at www.federalnewsradio.com and 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C., area.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council 118 President Patrick Remigio will discuss low staffing and funding levels, and efforts to have Council 118's contract enforced at the agency. Department of Defense Local 2024 Chief Steward Don Hands then will share his concerns about contracting out initiatives and the National Security Personnel System. AFGE Communications Specialist Michael Victorian will discuss the union's Young & Organizing Unionists for the Next Generation (Y.O.U.N.G.) program.

Listeners then will hear from Local Presidents Robert Mayfield (2978), Ben Butler (2741), and Kim Kraynak (332). Mayfield and Butler will highlight issues facing D.C. government workers including the privatization of critical services. Kraynak will share her thoughts on the dire need for collective bargaining rights at the Transportation Security Administration.

"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.

Listeners also can follow the program on Facebook (AFGE Inside Government) and Twitter (afgeradioshow).

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

"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 AFGE, +1-202-639-6448

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

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

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