Bill Fletcher Jr., the author of "They're Bankrupting Us!" is a long-time racial justice, labor and international activist, scholar, and author. He has been involved in the labor movement for decades and is a widely known speaker and writer in print and on radio, television and the web. He has served in leadership positions with many prominent union and labor organizations, including the AFL-CIO and the service Employees International, and has been director of field services for the American Federation of Government Employees. His first novel is The Man Who Fell From the Sky.