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Health Care Reform Fight Moves Back to House

News
December 17, 2009
Meeting late today in person and by conference call, CWA's Executive Board issued a call to locals across our union to step up the fight against the excise tax on our health care plans.

CWA, IBEW, AT&T and Verizon Team up to Oppose Tax on Health Care Plans

Press Release
In a unique partnership between business and labor, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), AT&T and Verizon have joined forces in opposition to the excise tax in the Senate version of the health care reform bill and of the provision that affects the Medicare Part D subsidy for prescription drug coverage.