LISTEN: NYC Retirees Fighting to Save Medicare Blast City Council Do-nothings
NYC retirees and supporters rally outside City Hall on April 11, in defense of traditional Medicare benefits. Photo by Joe Maniscalco
By Bob Hennelly
On this episode of the Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour, Marianne Pizzitola, head of the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees and Michelle Keller, head of the NYC Coalition of Labor Union Women connect the legacy of May Day to the ongoing battle to preserve the traditional Medicare benefits municipal retirees were promised as active duty workers.
We’re also talking to Charles Jenkins, an elected officer of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 and President of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) NY Chapter and Chris Silvera, longtime treasurer-secretary for Teamsters Local 808, about what’s needed to re-energize the American labor movement after decades of givebacks and complacency.
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