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Don't Tax Our Health Care!
News
January 7, 2010
Leading economists and 190 Members of Congress agree: the proposed tax on health care benefits is bad public policy that will hurt millions of middle-income and working Americans.
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, Representative Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and economists Lawrence Mishel and Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute debunked the myths that supporters have been spreading about the excise tax during a media teleconference Jan. 6.
NABET-CWA President John Clark to Retire
News
January 7, 2010
NABET-CWA President John Clark will retire at the end of January, winding up 43 years in the union he joined while working at NBC Radio in New York City.
Clark was working as a vacation relief engineer at the radio network when he joined NABET Local 11 in 1967 (now NABET-CWA Local 51011.)
Labor Chief Moves on Job Safety, Workers' Rights
News
January 5, 2010
Soon after she became the nation's labor secretary, Hilda Solis warned corporate America there was "a new sheriff in town." Less than a year into her tenure, her aggressive moves to boost enforcement and crack down on employers for workplace safety violations have some employers scrambling.
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.
CWA Excise Tax Study Finds that Health Care Plans Still Will Be Affected
Press Release
Despite attempts by the Senate Finance Committee to mitigate the harmful effects of the so-called "Cadillac" tax, or excise tax, on health care plans, the final bill recently approved by the committee would still slam one-third of health care plans, according to new congressional data analyzed by the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Moreover, there would be a $7,600 average tax increase between 2013 and 2019 on taxpayers affected by the tax. Middle income taxpayers making $50,000 to $75,000 affected by the tax would see their taxes increase 1.4 percent while millionaires affected would see their tax increase just 0.1 percent, showing the regressive nature of the tax.