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"Health Care Can't Wait"
News
March 11, 2010
Thousands of union members and health care activists rallied outside a DC hotel to put the health insurance industry execs meeting inside on notice: "we'll do whatever it takes to get real health care reform."
Q & A: Can state governments just legislate pension changes?
News
February 26, 2010
A member asks: How are these state governments able to legislate changes to vesting schedules and formula calculations without someone challenging in a federal tax court hearing on defined benefit plan qualifications? Bob Patrician, a CWA research economist, answers.
UC Berkeley: Health Care Excise Tax Mainly Would Hit Non-Union Workers
News
February 18, 2010
A new study by the University of California's Berkeley Labor Center shows that non-union members would be equally hit by a health care excise tax.
CWA: Health Care Reform That Works for Everyone
Press Release
A statement by CWA President Larry Cohen on improvements made to the health care reform bill.
CWA Leads Fight for Fair Health Care Reform
News
January 14, 2010
CWA President Larry Cohen and other union presidents have been in marathon discussions at the White House this week to find a fair way to finance health care reform.
Cohen and leaders from about 10 unions plus the AFL-CIO and Change to Win met with President Obama and White House staff several times this week, with sessions lasting for many hours and past midnight.