Posted By Mike Hall On 25th May 2006 @ 16:29 In Legislation & Politics, In the States
“No employee of a multi-billion dollar corporation should be forced to go without medical care.”
That’s what the t-shirts said on more than 400 New Yorkers who told lawmakers at a special State Assembly hearing May 23 in Albany to pass Fair Share Health Care legislation.
Fair Share legislation and initiatives, which the AFL-CIO, unions and health care advocates are pushing in more than 30 states, would ensure that the largest corporations like Wal-Mart stop shifting health care insurance costs to workers, taxpayers and other businesses. In general, the initiatives require large, profitable companies to spend a percentage of their payroll ...
Article taken from AFL-CIO Weblog - http://blog.aflcio.org
URL to article: http://blog.aflcio.org/2006/05/25/new-yorkers-demand-fair-share-health-care/
