AFGE National President John Gage to Be Featured on 'Inside Government'

President of Nation's Largest Federal Employee/D.C. Government Union to Discuss Labor/Management Relations and Health Care Reform

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President John Gage will update members on the state of the union this week on AFGE's "Inside Government" radio program. The show will air on Friday, Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. EDT nationwide on Federal News Radio at www.federalnewsradio.com and 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C., area.

Gage will address a number of key issues facing federal workers including collective bargaining rights for Transportation Security Officers, critical staffing shortages at the Bureau of Prisons, the fight to protect government workers from the H1N1 virus, labor/management relations, and health care reform.

AFGE D.C. Local 383 President Johnnie Walker then will discuss his Local's efforts to prevent the elimination of critical District of Columbia government services including some provided by the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration.

Lastly, AFGE DEFCON Chair Don Hale will detail AFGE's fight to stop the contracting out of hundreds of jobs at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Hale will discuss the Government Accountability Office decision to uphold AFGE's protest of the Army's privatization plans, which would have impacted more than 500 jobs.

"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.

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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 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.