UNION CHIEF: CLINTON'S PLAN ASKS TOO MUCH

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, February 28, 1993                   TAG: 9302280224
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: JESSICA MARTIN STAFF WRITER
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UNION CHIEF: CLINTON'S PLAN ASKS TOO MUCH
John Sturdivant, leader of the largest national union for federal employees, said Friday that federal workers are not willing to sacrifice themselves for President Clinton's economic plans.
The American Federation of Government Employees held its Fourth District quarterly meeting Friday at the Radisson Patrick Henry Hotel in Roanoke. District members came from Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina to hear Sturdivant speak about Clinton's economic proposals, specifically the proposed freeze of federal employees' wages.
Sturdivant said many economic policies need to be changed, but that the proposed freeze would be counterproductive in terms of long-term economic effects.
He said the plan, if passed into law, would hurt federal workers; they would be making the same amount of money while having to pay more for health care, taxes and cost of living.
Sturdivant said Clinton was asking federal workers to give more than "their fair share", and that others also should bear economic burdens.
Alma Lee of Salem, president of the National Veterans Affairs Council, an arm of AFGE, said she was against Clinton's proposal because "although it might not affect employees of Salem, it will have adverse effects nationwide."
Sturdivant said AFGE "will be offering President Clinton other solutions" to the country's economic problems. Proposals will include researching a limit on private government contracting, cutting mid-supervisory positions and reshaping the federal work force.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB