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GRITtv: Ray Stever: Remember Where You Came From
"People don't realize that by not belonging to the union, the only right they have on the job is the right to die. People don't understand that the collective bargaining agreements and the right to organize protects them," said Ray Stever, President of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council. Speaking at the We Are One rally in Newark, New Jersey, Stever connected the dots between the old Congress of Industrial Organizations, the 29 mine workers at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine, killed one year ago, and the current attacks on public workers in New Jersey and beyond. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Email this pageGRITtv: Who Do The Blue Dogs Really Represent in the Healthcare Reform Debate?
What stands in the way of reasonable, common sense healthcare reform? Rep. Maxine Waters says that liberal democrats who support single payer have already compromised by agreeing to a public option. But even that now seems in peril, thwarted by Blue Dog Democrats and Republicans who seem to be going to bat for the insurance industry. Who will prevail? Rep. Maxine Waters of California?s 35th congressional district, Eric Schoenberg, an Adjunct Associate business professor at Columbia University and a former investment banker, Jack Lohman, a former small business owner and the author of "Politicians - Owned and Operated by Corporate America," and Ray Stever, President of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council on the healthcare battle and whether real reform is possible.
