Michelle Keller is a retiree of District Council 37 and President of the New York City Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women AFLCIO. She joins us from New York City to discuss the outcome of a labor agreement which attempts to force New York City retirees to accept a privatized Medicare advantage program to access free care. Should this plan go forward, they would have to pay nearly $200 a month in order to secure traditional Medicare. The matter is now before the City Council which will vote on a proposal to change the Cityâs administrative code and allow this plan to go forward.
âAmerican gynecology and obstetrics is intimately bound to American slavery.â
âWe are seeing the reemergence of a white supremacist engagement with science that has always existed, but is finding more traction within the public sphere and media.â
âThe public sector provides job opportunities for African-American workers, and women especially, at a rate much higher than the private sector.â
âPolice gang databases can lead to increased bail, harsher sentencing, erosion of presumption of innocence and even increased chances of deportation.â
âPay no one for land acquired illegally.â
