 During the Bush administration, he and CAF led a campaign to stop the privatization of social security, called Americans United to Protect Social Security.He and Robert Borosage also brought together union leaders and environmentalists to make the case for an “Apollo Program-style" commitment to reducing greenhouse emissions and creating the next generation of green jobs.A graduate of the University of Virginia, Hickey began his career in the 1960s as an organizer for the Virginia Students Civil Rights Committee and the Southern Student Organizing Committee.