Stopping by “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC last week, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka discussed why the AFL-CIO supports health care reform legislation that makes sure Big Insurance doesn’t monopolize the health care field—and why the bill passed this week by the Senate Finance Committee, which does not include a public option, must be improved as it goes through Congress.
The Wisconsin press is not blind to the need for comprehensive health insurance reform. Check out this extremely informative interview with former CIGNA Insurance Company Executive Wendell Potter which was featured in the Appleton Fox Cities Post-Crescent on Tuesday: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20091020/APC06/910200471/Ex-health-exec--Industry-s-about-money
On the same day, ABC-Channel 27 in Madison reported that workers in Wisconsin and around the country continue to lose health care benefits as jobs disappear: http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11349433
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President David Newby addressed health care and the rich history of the Wisconsin labor movement during a recent interview for the Stan Milam Radio Show, which broadcasts out of Janesville: http://wclo.com/podcasts/stan-milam-show/2009/oct/16/health-care-and-labor-badger-numbers/
President Newby also took on critics of labor history education in a recent letter to the editor published in the Dunn County News: http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2009/10/16/letters/doc4ad903cd2653e078742417.txt
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