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

CWA and two major employers, Verizon and AT&T, and the IBEW have joined forces to oppose the proposed excise tax now included in the Senate's health care reform bill and the provision that affects the Medicare Part D subsidy for prescription drug coverage.

In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid, the organizations urged him to reconsider those provisions as the legislative process moves forward.

Read the letter here.

CWA on the Air

And listen as Valerie Castle-Stanley, a member of CWA Local 2204 who works at AT&T, talks about how the tax on health care will harm her family and millions more just like hers. The ad currently is being broadcast on radio stations throughout Virginia and Indiana; Internet banner ads are up on many national sites like Facebook and huffingtonpost.com.