Listen now! AFGE president continues sequestration fight for federal employees on "Inside Government"

Listen now! AFGE president continues sequestration fight for federal employees on "Inside Government"

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WASHINGTON, March 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tune in now to AFGE's "Inside Government" for the union's latest efforts to fight sequestration. The show, which originally aired on Friday, March 29, is now available on demand.

AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. detailed the union's continuing fight against sequestration on behalf of federal employees. Cox also discussed the dangerous consequences of understaffing in the Bureau of Prisons and Department of Veterans Affairs as well as AFGE's response to a Transportation Security Administration policy change that would allow small knives on airplanes.

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale then responded to initiatives in Pennsylvania to privatize various government services.

Lastly, AFGE National Border Patrol Council Vice President Shawn Moran addressed sequestration's impact on border security and Border Patrol agents.

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"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 FederalNewsRadio.com. It is also available to millions of 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 670,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.

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