AFGE voices concern over threat of sequestration, civilian furloughs at DoD – February 1, 2013

This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" AFGE Defense Conference Chair Don Hale discusses the possibility of furloughs for civilian DoD workers if sequestration...

Scott Paul
President, Alliance for American Manufacturing

  • Steps President Obama can take during his second term to create manufacturing jobs
  • How a robust manufacturing sector can spur job growth in other areas
  • China’s impact on U.S. manufacturing

Don Hale
Chair, AFGE Defense Conference

  • Latest details of DoD’s plan to deal with sequestration
  • The impact sequestration and furloughs would have on service delivery, national security and the war effort

Robyn Kehoe
Director of Field Operations, Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund

  • FEEA’s work with AFGE to aid victims of Superstorm Sandy
  • A closer look at FEEA’s emergency assistance, scholarship and childcare services programs

Dale Deshotel
President, AFGE Council of Prison Locals

  • Overcrowding and underfunding crisis in the Bureau of Prisons
  • Community safety risks associated with understaffing

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