Health Care Reform, It’s a No brainier

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Health care reform, it’s a no brainier, and it’s called single payer.  Why is single payer better than pay-the-insurance-company health care?  Simple, insurance company’s “administration expenses” and profits add exorbitant overhead to every bill.  Time consuming paper work means additional labor for health care providers and staff.  A single payer ...

The Line Must be Drawn Here

Friday, August 1st, 2008

As the clock ticks down toward a strike Verizon negotiators continue to claim that the IBEW and CWA unions’ demands are unreasonable, even though Verizon is raking in more money than this time last year. Revenue rose 3.7 percent this quarter totaling $24.12 billion. The communication ...

Unreasonable Demands

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Verizon representatives and union leaders from the CWA (Communications Workers of America) and IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) have been negotiating a new contract for several months. It’s coming down to crunch time now. The agreement expires August 2, but all the talking has produced very little ...