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Live: March and Rally at Big Health Insurance Meeting |
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Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is leading a large union contingent from the AFL-CIO and AFSCME buildings to participate in a mass rally at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C., during the meeting of the big insurance industry front group, the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). Big Insurance is meeting there to plot how to kill health care reform.
Join us here, where Danielle Hatchett from our online team will live tweet the march and rally, starting at 10:30 a.m. Follow #m9 for the latest updates on Twitter from some of the thousands of participants expected to attend.
Not in D.C.? Take part by tweeting the event. Here’s a sample tweet: @AHIPHIWIRE You are under citizens’ arrest for blocking health care reform. #m9.
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Kudos to all; I hope your efforts attract the attention that it deserves.
The rally is only a nuisance to the local police. The AHIP folks couldn’t care less and neither will the national media. When will the AFL-CIO match its actions to its rhetoric? Millions of American workers have already slipped into permanent unemployment and poverty and millions more will soon join them. Once that happens, the union movement will be nearing extinction. It is now time to organize a massive march on Washington with the help of the Teamsters and Service Workers, and community and pro-labor political organizations. If that doesn’t work, organize a general strike. If the AFL-CIO hasn’t got the guts to do either of those things it doesn’t deserve to exist.