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Monday, April 16, 2007
Press Conference Today: Health Insurance, Pension Benefits and the Employee Free Choice Act
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- Americans United for Change to release new report showing how many more thousands of New Mexicans would receive health insurance and pension benefits under the Employee Free Choice Act
- Senator Domenici called on to vote for publicly supported legislation that would level the playing field for middle class workers by fixing a broken system for forming unions and bargaining for better pay, improved benefits and retirement security
WHO: Americans United for Change: Christine Trujillo, AFL-CIO, Carter Bundy, AFSCME, Local Healthcare Advocates
WHAT: Press conference to release new report showing how many more thousands of New Mexicans would receive health insurance and pension benefits under the Employee Free Choice Act. Following the press conference participants will deliver the report to Senator Domenici's office.
WHEN: Monday April 16th at 10:00 AM
WHERE: Albuquerque Plaza, Near Corner of 3rd & Copper
As more and more middle class American workers become disenfranchised in a broken system for forming unions and bargaining with employers for fair, treatment, better pay and improved benefits, and local labor leaders and healthcare advocates will release a timely new report prepared by the Institute for America's Future showing how many more New Mexicans would likely receive health insurance and pension benefits if the Employee Free Choice Act were to become law.
The Employee Free Choice Act passed with bipartisan support in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 1 and will come to the floor of the U.S. Senate this month. The Employee Free Choice Act is overwhelmingly supported by 69 percent of American public, according to a recent poll from the AFL-CIO, and more than half of U.S. workers -- nearly 60 million -- say they would join a union right now if they could. Senator Domenici will be called on to stand with middle class New Mexican workers and vote for the publicly supported legislation to restore their freedom to choose a union voice.
April 16, 2007 at 01:42 AM in Economy, Populism, Healthcare, Labor | Permalink
Comments
If Domenici votes for the Employee Free Choice Act I am expecting to see pigs flying outside my window.
Posted by: Jd | Apr 16, 2007 11:38:11 AM
There was no explanation of what is meant by "Health Insurance."
Isn't the consensus of most Americans left and right that health care should be de-coupled from employment?
Is it not evident that employer based insurance makes our economy uncompetitive?
People do not need "health insurance". They need health care security.
The insurance companies objective is to collect premiums and not pay for health care.
As long as the private insurance industries are at the table, it don't mean diddly.
Posted by: qofdisks | Apr 16, 2007 7:21:30 PM
