by James Parks, July 30 will mark the 46th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and seniors across the country plan to march and lobby to make sure there are many more anniversaries to come. From July 18 to July 30, members of the Alliance for Retired Americans will participate in nearly 20 events nationwide [...]
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Please watch these videos regarding Social Security and then contact your Congressional Delegation and ask them to reject any proposals to cut Social Security. The speakers are two women from Seattle speaking on the importance of Social Security to people of all ages in this country. The Bipartisan Commission on the Federal Deficit is scheduled [...]
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After several months of negotiations, a majority of the workers at the Red Lion Hotel Seattle Airport signed a petition authorizing a boycott of their hotel. While the workers have not officially called for a boycott at this time, they are letting the public know that a boycott is a distinct possibility in the near [...]
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People who work paid for these benefits. They have the right to collect them just as any of us has the right to collect on any life/disability policy for which we paid. We did our part to prevent ourselves from suffering sudden, devastating poverty as a result of serious injury or death. It is wrong for Congress to cut the deficit by cutting our benefits or by raising the age at which we are eligible to collect them.
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Don’t take it from our hides by: Will Parry and Thalia Syracopoulos published by Real Change News Social security targeted to balance the budget Many of us, young and old, have been alarmed by the damage inflicted on our individual and national well-being by the floundering economy and the ongoing Gulf oil spill. Meanwhile, another [...]
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http://www.now.org/issues/economic/paycheck_fairness_senate_letter.pdf Contact Your Senators – Paycheck Fairness Vote Coming Up Paycheck Fairness Bill Before Senate – We have just learned that the Senate will vote on critical pay equity legislation this coming week. NOW activists should call AND email their senators, urging them to pass S.3772, the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) — which the House [...]
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Seattle NOW activists will be out in full force on Saturday, May 30th. We and a large contingent of other groups who recognize the negative impact that health care costs and availablity have on women and their families will be demanding health care reform that makes it available and affordable for all. As mothers, we [...]
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December 01, 2008 By Pat Reuss, Policy Analyst for NOW As national leaders hurry to address the current economic crisis and “rescue” irresponsible banks, insurance and mortgage companies, there has been little recognition that this economic downturn is likely to have a particularly devastating impact on poor families, mostly women and children. The rising unemployment [...]
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