UE Political Action Updates

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Sign the Healthcare Petition from Senator Sanders

Junio 17, 2009

Washington

The Congressional push for healthcare reform is now picking up speed, and the stakes could not be higher for working people. Our current hodgepodge system of health insurance is grossly overpriced, full of loopholes crafted by the insurance companies so they can refuse to pay claims, and fails completely to cover almost 50 million people. It's time to give this failed and costly system the heave-ho and replace it with a single-payer system.

Your Boss Has Called Congress... Have You?

Mayo 20, 2009

As UE members look forward to the start of the summer season there are two political action battles underway which require immediate action on our part. Legislation to restore the right to organize as well as tackling the healthcare crisis are beginning to move through Congress, and lawmakers need to hear from you. Let’s take a look at each of these issues, as well as the actions needed on our part to ensure that we make the kind of progress that is so urgently needed on both fronts.

UE's General Executive Board Weighs in on Washington Healthcare Proposals

Mayo 15, 2009

Meeting at the union’s national headquarters in Pittsburgh on May 14-15, UE’s General Executive Board discussed the national debate on healthcare and the reform proposals now being considered by Congress and the Obama administration. The union’s national leadership board adopted the following statement on healthcare reform:

STATEMENT ON HEALTHCARE REFORM

Senators Hear from UE on Need for Employee Free Choice Act

Abril 8, 2009

Washington, D.C.

UE members have just concluded a series of twelve meetings with U.S. Senate offices in eight states during the Week of Action to demand passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Five more visits will unfold in three states in the coming week, rounding out this phase of our union wide political action push.

Employee Free Choice Act Introduced in Congress, Launching Political Battle for Workers' Rights

Marzo 10, 2009

With growing public support for economic policies that will bring real change to America, Representative George Miller (D-CA) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), today introduced the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation giving workers a fair and direct path to form unions.

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