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Take Back America 2005 is sponsored by the Campaign for America's Future,
a grassroots organization working to revitalize a progressive agenda and
fighting to make the economy work for working people once again.

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Pope John Paul II was a man of
courage who spoke out passionately and effectively for human rights and the
rights of working people. He
was a key ally of Solidarity, Poland's trade union movement and its leader
Lech Walesa.

Social Security Union President to Speak Out Against Private Accounts

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Pope John Paul's moral and spiritual leadership gave millions of workers
the inspiration and courage to continue their struggles against great odds to
bring freedom and justice to their nations.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. Earlier this year, two AFGE members testified before
Congress about pressure put on career employees to promote President Bush's
plan to partially privatize Social Security.

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Gage will address the role that the American labor community has played in
the campaign to strengthen Social Security and to block the establishment of
privatized accounts.

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WASHINGTON, John Gage, national president of the
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), will address the Take Back
America 2005 conference on Thursday, June 2 at 11:30 a.

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"The truth is that private accounts do nothing to ensure
the continued solvency of Social Security .

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AFGE, which
represents about 50,000 employees of the Social Security Administration (SSA),
has been active in a coalition of organizations opposing proposals to divert
money from the Social Security trust fund for the purpose of establishing
private accounts. That fact should be the biggest
scandal of the privatization campaign," said Gage.

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Pope John Paul II was the key ally in the struggles of the working people
to free themselves from tyranny and dictatorship and to establish democracy
and collective bargaining in Poland and other nations of Eastern Europe.
Pope John Paul II's commitment to justice and dignity serves as an
inspiration to all of us as we journey through life and continue to work to
bring justice, dignity and peace to the world.
Gage, a near 30 -year employee of SSA, said, "Americans put a lot of trust
in the workers of SSA, turning to the agency during emotional times: the
beginning of retirement, the advent of a disability or the loss of a loved
one.

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Take Back
America brings together hundreds of progressive leaders and activists
annually .

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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest
federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government
and the government of the District of Columbia.

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AFL-CIO Joins in Honoring Pope John Paul II

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To Address Campaign for America's Future 's Take Back America Conference

WHAT: John Gage, AFGE national president, to address Social Security
Privatization at Take Back America 2005 conference
WHERE: Washington Hilton Hotel, Ballroom East
1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
WHEN: Thursday, June 2, 11:30 a.

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, The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO,
representing a million working people of Pennsylvania, joins in honoring the
memory and legacy of Pope John Paul II, one of the greatest humanitarians of
our time who was a man of peace and a voice for dignity and justice for
working people throughout the world.

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Career professionals refused to take advantage of that trust, saying
'no' to pressure by agency upper management to sell the public on the
president's Social Security privatization plan .

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