Steven Greenhouse, Roger Hickey, and Peter Winch

Friday May 8, 2009

Pending legislation to pass the Employee Free Choice Act will be discussed this week on the American Federation of Government Employees' "Inside Government" radio show.

Steven Greenhouse, labor reporter for The New York Times and author of "The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker," will update listeners on where the Employee Free Choice Act stands in congress. Greenhouse also will discuss the labor movement's impact on President Obama's first 100 days in office, and the challenging times facing America's middle class.

Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, will preview his organization's America's Future Now conference, June 1 – 3 in Washington, D.C. Hickey then will analyze how today's economy impacts working Americans, and what the country's economic future may look like.

Lastly, AFGE National Organizer Peter Winch will provide listeners with an update on AFGE's nationwide organizing campaign at the Transportation Security Administration – which now stands at 32 chartered locals and more than 10,000 members. Winch also will discuss the union's efforts to protect TSOs from the recent swine flu outbreak. For more information on AFGE's fight for collective bargaining rights at TSA, please visit www.tsaunion.net.