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 City’s administrative code and allow this plan to go forward.
“Ultimately, the surest way to reduce the risk of nuclear war is to eliminate nuclear weapons.”
“The Indian people cherish Robeson’s example of revolutionary humanity at its most developed and saluted him as their black brother in struggle.”
“Amnesty International is complicit in what future foreign intervention might fall upon the Nicaraguan people.”
“Mass incarceration and selective enforcement of laws is a conscious decisionin this country.”
Swanson: US liberals oppose peace with N.
