Watch: ‘We Are Not Going to Stand For Our Health Care to Be Privatized!’
By Joe Maniscalco
In this Work-Bites video, New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees President Marianne Pizzitola denounces the ongoing campaign to push New York municipal retirees into a profit-driven Medicare Advantage plan as “abhorrent” — and vows to put a stop to it.
Watch: ‘It’s Nothing But a Scam’
By Joe Maniscalco
In this Work-Bites video, TWU Local 100 Retirees member Anita Clinton speaks out agains her union’s attempts to push retired transit workers into a profit-driven Medicare Advantage plan.
Watch: ‘Stop Trying to Hide,’ DSA Tells NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams
By Joe Maniscalco
In this Work-Bites video, Marian Jones, political educator coordinator with the NYC-DSA Socialist Feminist Working Group, calls out NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams' for blocking "No More 24" legislation, saying it's time to support caregivers and stop hiding behind the idea that the state alone should address mandatory 24-hour workdays.
Watch: ‘New York is in Crisis’
By Joe Maniscalco
In this Work-Bites Video, New York City Council Member Christopher Marte lays out how the ongoing failure to pass "No More 24" legislation [Intro. 615] in the City Council is jeopardizing the future of home care for those who will need it most.
Watch: Striking is the Most Powerful Tool Working People Have for Change
By Joe Maniscalco
In this Work-Bites video, Denise Romero Gonzalez, striking administrative assistant with Mobilization for Justice and the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA), UAW Local 2320, calls striking the most powerful tool for change working people have — and urges solidarity with NYC home health aides forced to work 24-hour shifts.
Watch: Every Worker and Union in NYC Needs to Stand In Solidarity with Home Health Aides
By Joe Maniscalco
In this Work-Bites video, Zoe Hu, chair of the Professional Staff Congress’ Graduate Center calls the mandatory 24-hour shifts home health aides are forced to work a “crime” — and says every worker and union in NYC needs to stand in solidarity with them.
Watch: The ‘Unbelievable Moral Failure’ to Pass ‘No More 24’ Legislation
By Joe Maniscalco
In this Work-Bites video, NYC Taxi Workers Alliance President Bhairavi Desai denounces the New York City Council's "unbelievable moral failure" to pass legislation protecting home health aides from mandatory 24-hour work shifts, and pledges solidarity with the mostly older women of color being exploited.
Watch: NYC Council Member Chris Marte Decries ‘Silence’ Around 24-Hour Workdays
By Joe Maniscalco
In this Work-Bites video, NYC Council Member Chris Marte challenges the City Council's so-called "progressive" bona fides, while denouncing the legislative body's continuing inaction on ending mandatory 24-hour work days for home health aides.
WATCH: What’s Next in the Fight to Save Traditional Medicare in NYC?
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On the latest episode of Labor This Week, host Mark Harrison interviews New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees President Marianne Pizzitola and attorney Jake Gardener about what to expect in the ongoing fight against the privatization of municipal retiree healthcare in NYC.
WATCH: On the Train to D.C. with NYC Retirees!
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On this episode of Labor This Week with host Mark Harrison, we travel to the nation’s capital with New York City municipal retirees fighting to strengthen traditional Medicare nationwide, while struggling to fend off Mayor Eric Adams’ privatization efforts here at home.
WATCH: Wendell Potter on how Wall Street’s Greed Threatens Your Health
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On this episode of Labor This Week with Host Mark Harrison, former healthcare industry insider turned traditional Medicare advocate Wendell Potter, talks about how “Wall Street’s greed” is now determining “whether or not we get the care our doctors say we need” — or “even the power to see the doctors of our choice.”
WATCH: NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees President Reacts to Judge Frank Decision
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New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees President Marianne Pizzitola talks to Labor This Week host Mark Harrison about today’s injunction against the City of New York’s plans to strip municipal retirees of their traditional Medicare health insurance coverage and push them into a profit-driven Medicare Advantage program — a move that NYS Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank said, would result in “irreparable harm.”
Watch: NYC Retirees Warn — Union Leaders Threaten to ‘Destroy Labor as We Know it’
By Joe Maniscalco
Union leaders backing the privatization of traditional Medicare benefits may appear oblivious to what they’re doing to the lives of municipal retirees, but do they understand what their doing to the labor movement overall? According to retirees fighting privatization in New York City — they’re going to “destroy labor as we know it” and it’s up to retirees to “organize and protect labor.”
Watch: NY Retirees Tell You What Losing Medicare Really Means; New Calls for a ‘National Coalition’ to Fight Back
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On this episode of The Labor Week with host Mark Harrison, New York municipal retirees speak out about what it really means to have their traditional Medicare healthcare benefits stripped from away from them and replaced with a privatized Medicare Advantage program.
WATCH: Why Battling Medicare Advantage Has to Be a National Fight!
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On this episode of “Labor This Week,” host Mark Harrison welcomes Marianne Pizzitola, president of the New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees and Jeff Johnson, co-president of the Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action in Washington State, who talk about how the coast-to-coast drive to strip municipal retirees of their traditional Medicare benefits is actually all part of a powerful nationwide agenda to further privatize healthcare throughout this country.
‘Too Much Month and Not Enough Food’: ‘This Is Working’ Returns!
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No matter where you and your family happen to be right now — we know you can relate to the following sentiment: “Way too much month, and not enough food.” That’s what the theme of “This Is Working” Episode 8 from creator Jen Grace is all about. We hope you enjoy it.
WATCH: The Fed Won’t Be Happy Until You’re Unemployed
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On this “Your Labor Minute” episode, host Mark Harrison breaks down why the friendly folks at the Federal Reserve want to see more working people unemployed!
WATCH: Your Labor Minute Returns with Rutgers Report
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Mark Harrison returns this week to Work-Bites with the latest edition of “Your Labor Minute”, taking a quick look at the Rutgers University strike settlement in New Jersey and what faculty and staff are getting out of the new four-year deal.
Watch: ‘This Is Working Ep. 7 - Being a Pet Care Provider Will Break Your Heart…
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Being the leader of the pack certainly has its perks. But as the protagonist of Jennifer Bateman Grace’s latest installment of ‘This Is Working’ relates, it can also tear your freakin’ heart out and trample it on the ground — especially around the holidays. But it’s all in a day’s work for the working class. Enjoy!
Watch: NYC Doc Breaks Down Real World Impact of Medicare Advantage On Retirees
Dr. Donald E. Moore is an attending physician at NY Methodist Hospital, as well as a teacher at Weill Cornell Medical College, NYU and Hunter College. He is also a board member of the New York Metro chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program.