AFGE fights for protective equipment, additional staff in Bureau of Prisons - March 15, 2013
(From Left to Right) Jim Dean, Dale Deshotel, Jean Dearden
March 15, 2013
Dale Deshotel
President, AFGE Council of Prison Locals
Jean Dearden
Director, Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Program
National Labor College
Jim Dean
Chair, Democracy for America
Kelvin Flannery
President, AFGE VA Local 1843
Betty Conlin
Treasurer, AFGE VA Local 1843
President, AFGE Council of Prison Locals
- Advocating for additional staff and protective equipment for BOP officers
- Remembering Eric Williams, an officer recently killed in the line of duty at the United States Penitentiary - Canaan
Jean Dearden
Director, Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Program
National Labor College
- Degree programs and courses offered by NLC
- AFGE's JNS Scholarship
- Upcoming union skills classes to benefit AFGE activists
Jim Dean
Chair, Democracy for America
- Efforts to preserve Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
- Thoughts on sequestration and federal employee furloughs
- DFA's agenda at the state level
Kelvin Flannery
President, AFGE VA Local 1843
Betty Conlin
Treasurer, AFGE VA Local 1843
- Impact sequestration would have on veterans
- Local 1843's community service initiatives
