Leaders Come Together and Announce Fund to Support UFCW Members Holding the Line for Health Care
Thursday, October 30, 2003, Washington, DC-- More than 75,000 United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) on strike across the country fighting to save affordable health care got a boost today when leaders from over a dozen national organizations announced support for the striking grocery workers.
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, with UFCW President Doug Dority, announced the creation of the Hold the Line for Health Care Strike Fund intended to provide emergency relief to striking families.
Service Employees President Andrew Stern, Machinists President Thomas Buffenbarger, and Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers President Frank Hurt all pledged to mobilize their memberships to assist in the fight for affordable health care for all working people.
“I am calling on all of our 50 state federations and our more than 300 Central Labor Councils to mobilize to support these strikers, and to raise money for the Hold the Line for Health Care Strike Fund,” said AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.|
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Locked out Ralphs worker, Rafael Morga summed up why he's on the line, "The company's plan would mean at the end of three years we could be paying $95 a week for health insurance. We just want what's fair-- we just want to keep a decent way of life, for us and the next generation of workers.”
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