Patrick Remigio, Don Hands, Michael Victorian, Robert Mayfield, Ben Butler, and Kim Kraynak

Friday September 11, 2009

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.

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.