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.

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

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