TODAY: National Call-In Blitz for Health Care Reform

[Omaha Steve]

Problems between management and the union started right after punching in. It was a bad day at work. Tech problems started during the morning coffee break. I spent an hour on the phone to my local today. I'm allowed to do union business on the clock because I'm a steward. Anyway, I never made my call about this today. I posted about this this morning.

http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/01/13/remember-national-call-in-blitz-on-jan-13-for-health-care-reform/

by Mike Hall, Jan 13, 2010



Today is the AFL-CIO National Call-In Blitz for health care reform.

Call 1-877-3-AFLCIO (1-877-323-5246) toll-free and urge your representative to support working families by voting for health care reform that:

• Does NOT tax our health care benefits;

• Requires employers to pay their fair share; and

• Reduces health care costs—the best way to do this is with a public health insurance option.

In the meantime, here’s a look at some of the latest news across the country on health care reform:

• Following his address to the National Press Club on the nation’s jobs and economic crisis, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and other union leaders met with President Obama at the White House to discus how the final health care reform legislation should be shaped, especially the tax on working families’ health benefits that is part of the Senate-passed bill.

The New York Times reports that during the hourlong meeting, Obama repeated his support for some form a health care benefits tax, but “used Monday’s session to search for a sort of compromise.” In a statement following the meeting, Trumka said it was “frank and productive meeting between friends on moving forward on health care reform.”

FULL story at link.