The people of Braddock are fighting to save their hospital from the wrecker’s ball. UPMC, an $8 billion dollar corporation, wants to demolish the Braddock Hospital while building hospitals in wealthy areas. With the help of single payer advocates, Braddock is fighting back with daily vigils at the hospital to stop the demolition.
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Honeywell Locks Out USW Local Over Health Care |
| By: Kay Tillow Sunday August 29, 2010 8:15 pm |
At its Metropolis, Illinois, plant, Honeywell wants to do away with retiree health care and raise annual out-of-pocket expenses for workers to $8,500. When the union said no the company locked them out. Across the border in Canada, the sister USW local that makes the same product signed their new contract with no problem over health care. The Metropolis local, USW 7-669, is fighting back.
Don’t Gamble with Our Social Security |
| By: Kay Tillow Saturday July 17, 2010 7:41 pm |
Andy Stern and Dean Baker advocate investment of Social Security Funds in the stock market. That’s a terrible idea, and we can’t let it happen.
GOP Health Expert: Medical Industry to ‘Boom’ Under New Law |
| By: Kay Tillow Saturday June 19, 2010 6:34 am |
The Republican Party recently told its leaders to call the Obama administration’s new health law “Exhibit A” of a “runaway Washington government.” But that’s not how longtime GOP health expert Thomas Scully sees it.
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