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.
After the ascendancy of Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is vital to understand deep structural barriers that prevent South Africa’s achieveme
“Up to the very end he was critical of the way in which the top leadership of the African National Congress had capitulated before international capital.”
“When the bubble bursts we will need a network of worker cooperatives and people’s assemblies to sustain us.”
Phil Wilayto of the Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases Greg Leroy of Good Jobs First on the race to see which city and state can give the most to Amazon
Since 1949, the United States has been using NATO to militarily encircle and Russia, said Phil Wilayto, editor of the Virginia Defender and a participant in the national conference
