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Jon Bray, AFSCME: Why Should Health Care Matter to Us?
15 Sep 2009 by Tessie in Federal Issues, Home Page, Uncategorized / No Comments
Failure to reform health care could doom other reform issuesDuring last week’s convention, AFSCME’s Jon Bray gave a speech addressing the fundamental question for union workers: Why should health care matter to us? We already have health care.
Well folks, health care should matter to us. As Jon stated, “Over 1.5 million workers in North Carolina do not have health care. Over half, are full-time working adults. For every worker that doesn’t have health care, that drives down our benefits. When we have to compete against companies that pay barely minimum wage and no benefits, it makes it tougher for us.”
Jon’s loudest message was that everyone is responsible for getting involved in the health care debate. “Everybody in this room has a role to play. This fight will come down to the people on the street, working your neighborhoods and shops, talking to people about why we need health care reform. Every day private insurance companies spend $1.4 million to lobby against health care reform. They know that if they kill health care they will kill the entire presidential agenda, which includes the Employee Free Choice Act, immigration reform and a lot of things that will help working families.”
He passed out letters and flyers with the phone number to reach our Representatives in Washington. “We are sending letters every day to Senator Hagan or representatives. Over the last month, NC AFL-CIO has sent 4500 direct letters…We can win this fight through letters, phone calls and direct action.”
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