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WV and other relevant news |
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7-23 |
Friday Alert:
Alliance Members to Celebrate Medicare's 45th Birthday; Social
Security Turns 75 |
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7-23 |
AFSCME Legislative Report:
135 National Groups Urge Congress to Pass Needed State Medicaid
Extension |
|
7-16 |
Friday Alert:
Comments from Fiscal Commissioners, New Study Concern Seniors |
|
7-16 |
AFSCME Legislative Report:
Calls Needed to Press Congress to Pass Urgently Needed State Aid
Extension |
|
7-9 |
Friday Alert:
Social Security: House Minority Leader Raises Renewed
Privatization Fears |
|
7-2 |
AFSCME Legislative Report:
House Passes Funding Bill with Education Funds and Collective
Bargaining for Public Safety Officers |
|
7-2 |
Friday Alert:
Alliance Executive Director Testifies in Front of the Fiscal
Commission |
|
6-25 |
AFSCME Legislative Report:
Aid to States in Jobs Bill at Stand-off in Senate |
|
6-25 |
Friday Alert: Congress Delivers President Obama a "Doc Fix" Bill |
|
6-24 |
Friday alert archive January through June |
|
6-24 |
Legislative update archive January through June |
|
6-18 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Aid to States in Jobs Bill Stalls in
Senate |
|
6-18 |
Friday Alert: Senior Issues take Center Stage in Nevada Senate
Race |
|
6-3 |
It is with great sadness that we announce
the passing of Executive Director, Ed Hartman. |
|
1-29 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: President
Obama and Speaker Pelosi Repeat Commitment to Finish Health
Reform |
|
1-29 |
Friday Alert:
President Obama Delivers State of the Union Address |
|
1-22 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Massachusetts
Election Upsets Path to Health Care Reform |
|
1-22 |
Friday Alert:
Massachusetts' Election of Scott Brown to U.S. Senate Threatens
Health Reform |
|
1-15 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Deal on
Excise Tax Reached; Other Health Care Developments |
|
1-15 |
McEntee statement on Haiti and MLK Day; AFSCME has contributed
$25000 for relief. |
|
1-15 |
Friday Alert:
Health Bill Moves Forward with Excise Tax Compromise |
|
1-08 |
Friday Alert:
Senate and House Iron Out The Differences in Their Health Reform
Bills |
|
12-30 |
Rally to Stop the Sale of Verizon to
Frontier |
|
12-23 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate Poised
to Pass Health Reform Bill |
|
12-18 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate Health
Reform Debate Continues |
|
12-18 |
Friday Alert:
Health Reform Will Not Include Medicare Buy-in for Those 55-64 |
|
12-11 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate Health
Debate Takes a Turn |
|
12-11 |
Friday Alert:
Senate May Vote to Offer Medicare to Those 55 - 64 |
|
12-4 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate Begins
Debate on Health Reform |
|
12-4 |
Friday Alert:
Senate Takes Center Stage in Health Care Reform Effort |
|
11-20 |
Friday Alert:
Reid Presents Health Care Bill That Cuts $130 Billion from the
Federal Deficit |
|
11-13 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House Marks
Major Step Forward in Fight for Health Reform |
|
11-13 |
Friday Alert:
House Passes Historic Health Care Reform Bill |
|
11-6 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House
Schedules Health Reform Vote |
|
11-6 |
Friday Alert:
Alliance Formally Endorses House Health Care Bill |
|
10-30 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House Leaders
Introduce Revised Health Care Reform Bill; House Vote Set for
Next Week |
|
10-30 |
Friday Alert:
Speaker Pelosi Unveils House Health Care Bill |
|
10-23 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House Close
to Finalizing Health Care Reform Bill; Senate Discussions
Continue |
|
10-23 |
Friday Alert:
Bill to Keep Doctors' Pay from Being Dramatically Slashed Fails |
|
10-16 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Finance Committee Approves Health Care Bill |
|
10-16 |
Friday Alert:
As Insurance Industry Continues Its Campaign of Lies... |
|
10-9 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Finance Committee Delays Final Vote on Health Reform |
|
10-9 |
Friday Alert:
CBO Says Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill Would Reduce
Deficit |
|
10-2 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Finance Committe Completes Debate of Amendments to Health Reform
Bill |
|
10-2 |
Friday Alert:
Senate Panel Rejects "Public Option" on Health Bill |
|
9-25 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Finance Committee Begins Debate on Health Reform Bill |
|
9-25 |
Friday Alert:
Senate Finance Committee Debates Baucus' Health Care Reform Bill |
|
9-18 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Finance Committee to Consider Health Care Bill Next Week |
|
9-18 |
Friday Alert:
Baucus' Health Care Reform Bill Criticized by Senior Advocates |
|
9-11 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: President
Speaks to Country about Need For Health Reform; Congress Returns
to Washington and Renews Debate |
|
9-11 |
Friday Alert:
Obama Health Care Speech Clears the Air of Myths and Falsehoods |
|
9-4 |
Friday Alert:
Obama to Address Joint Session of Congress on Health Care |
|
8-28 |
Friday Alert:
Retirees Mourn the Loss of Senator Ted Kennedy |
|
8-21 |
Friday Alert:
Florida Alliance's Delray Beach Health Care Forum Draws
Worldwide Attention |
|
8-14 |
Friday Alert:
Alliance Members Refute Lies and Myths at Town Halls |
|
8-7 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Confirms Sotomayor to Serve on the U.S. Supreme Court |
|
8-7 |
Friday Alert:
Alliance Calls for Civility at Town Halls When Discussing Health
Insurance Reform |
|
7-31 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Alliance
Commemorates Medicare's 44th Birthday with Events Across the
Country |
|
7-31 |
Friday Alert:
Health Care Moves Forward in the House; No Progress in the
Senate |
|
7-29 |
AFSCME's PEIA proposal to Governor Manchin Similar letter sent to PEIA Chair Robert Ferguson - Responses received.
July 30 meeting from 1 till 3 at DEP Building Charleston -
www.westvirginia.com/peia/
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|
7-24 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Unlikely to Debate Health Care Reform Before August Recess; Hope
Still Alive for Progress in the House |
|
7-24 |
Friday Alert:
Alliance Plans Week of Action To Commemorate Medicare's 44th
Birthday... |
|
7-17 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Committee Approves Health Care Reform Legislation |
|
7-17 |
Friday Alert:
Retirees Praise Health Care Bills from U.S. House, Senate HELP
Panel |
|
7-14 |
Mayor Agrees to Talk Contract with Members of AFSCME Local |
|
7-10 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Health Care
Reform Debate Moves Into High Gear |
|
7-10 |
Friday Alert:
U.S. House is Close to Unveiling Its Health Care Plan |
|
7-3 |
Friday Alert: Senate Panel Questions
Private Insurers' Credibility, Shows Need for a Public Plan |
|
6-26 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Thousands
Rally for Health Care as Debate Heats Up |
|
6-26 |
Friday Alert: President Obama Says He is
"Flexible" on Offering a Public Health Plan... |
|
6-22 |
Friday Alert: Retirees Lobby Congress on
Health Care Reform |
|
6-12 |
Friday Alert: Senate HELP Committee
Releases Health Care Bill Containing A Public Plan |
|
6-12 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Key Senate
Committee Releases Draft of Health Care Reform Legislation |
|
6-8 |
PEIA Public Hearings Scheduled |
|
6-5 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: President
Obama Presses for Health Care Reform; Affirms Support for Public
Plan Option |
|
6-5 |
Friday Alert: Senators Baucus, Kennedy
Offer Different Visions for Health Care Reform |
|
5-29 |
Friday Alert: Be Careful When the
Insurance Industry Says It Would Like to Help! |
|
5-22 |
Friday Alert: Senate Finance Committee
Offers Options During Older Americans Month |
|
5/22 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Health Care
Reform at Critical Juncture |
|
5-15 |
Friday Alert: Coyle Says Not to Overreact
to Trustees Reports |
|
5/15 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: 700 AFSCME
Leaders and Activists Tell Congress How to Make America Happen |
|
5-15 |
AFSCME membership:
Benefits, Questions and Answers |
|
5-8 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Obama Budget
Sent to Congress |
|
5/8 |
Friday Alert: Alliance’s 2008 Voting
Record Shows Congress is Becoming More Pro-Senior |
|
5/1 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Congress
Adopts Obama Budget Plan |
|
5/1 |
Friday Alert: Retirees' Stake in Health
Care Reform to be the Theme for Older Americans Month |
|
4/24 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Budget Deal
on Health Care Reform and Increased Spending Close at Hand |
|
4/24 |
Friday Alert: Medicare Advantage Plans
Face Changes in 2010 |
|
4/17 |
Friday Alert: Obama Addresses Medicare,
Medicaid, Social Security in Economic Speech |
|
4/9 |
Friday Alert: Insurance Companies'
Medicare Advantage Subsidies Begin to Disappear |
|
4/3 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House and
Senate Approve Obama Budget |
|
4/3 |
Friday Alert: Senate Votes Against
Entitlement Task Force |
|
3/27 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Obama Budget
Agenda Advances in House and Senate |
|
3/27 |
Friday Alert: Sen. Specter Comes Out
Against the Employee Free Choice Act |
|
3/20 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House Panel
Debates Public Plan Option and Tax Exclusion in Health Care
Reform |
|
3/20 |
Friday Alert: U.S. House Moves Forward on
Health Care Reform |
|
3/13 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Obama Signs
Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Spending Bill |
|
3/13 |
Friday Alert: Possible Social Security
Overhaul Generates Renewed Debate |
|
3/6 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate Passes
This Year's Omnibus Spending Bill |
|
3/6 |
Friday Alert: Alliance Participates in
White House Health Care Summit |
|
2/27 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Obama Submits
Budget Plan |
|
2/27 |
Friday Alert: President Unveils New
Budget, Slashes Medicare Advantage Overpayments |
|
2/20 |
Friday Alert: Barbara Easterling Elected
President of the Alliance |
|
2-17 |
State employees pushing for pay raises |
|
2/13 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Economic
Recovery Package Moves Toward Enactment |
|
2/13 |
Friday Alert: Kourpias to Step Down as
Alliance Leader, Barbara Easterling to be New President |
|
2-13 |
Press release: WV State And Municipal Employees Rally For Fairness |
|
2-12 |
Kourpias to Step Down as Alliance Leader,
Barbara Easterling to be New President |
|
2/6 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Debates Economic Recovery Package; Republicans Attack Aid to
States |
|
2/6 |
Friday Alert: Stimulus Vote in Senate May
Take Place Tonight |
|
2/6 |
2009
Legislative Agenda and Lobby Day details |
|
2/4 |
E-Activist Network: Make America Happen
Again: Call Senators Robert Byrd and John Rockefeller |
|
1/30 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House Passes
$819 Billion Economic Recovery Package |
|
1/30 |
Friday Alert: House Passes Stimulus
Package; Senate to Debate Its Version |
|
1/23 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: President
Obama Sworn In and Immediately Halts Pending Bush Regulations |
|
1/23 |
Friday Alert: Obama Inauguration Brings
Together All Generations |
|
1/16 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House
Democratic Leaders Unveil Economic Recovery Package |
|
1/16/09 |
Friday Alert: U.S. House Stimulus
Recovery Package Outline Includes Provisions for Seniors |
|
1/9 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: 111th
Congress Opens with Expanded Democratic Majorities in Both
Houses |
|
1/9/09 |
Friday Alert: Obama Promises Bid to
Overhaul Spending on Retiree Programs |
|
12/19 |
Friday Alert: Auto Industry to Receive
$17.4 Billion in Government Loans |
|
12/12 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Auto Loan
Clears House, Collapses in Senate |
|
12/12 |
Friday Alert: President-Elect Obama
Officially Presents Tom Daschle as Secretary of HHS |
|
12/5 |
Friday Alert: Renewed Hope for Key
Legislation in Senate |
|
11/21 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: 111th
Congress Begins to Organize |
|
11/21 |
Friday Alert: Alliance Calls for Federal
Loan to Auto Industry |
|
11/14 |
Friday Alert: Medicare Part D
Prescription Drug Open Enrollment Season Starts Next Week |
|
11/12 |
Proposed PEIA
Plan Changes, Hearing Schedule and Talking Points |
|
11/7 |
Friday Alert: Barack Obama is Elected
President; Democrats Gain Seats in House, Senate |
|
11/5 |
83% of WV AFL-CIO & AFSCME Endorsed
Candidates Win November 4, 2008 General Election |
|
10/31 |
Friday Alert: Election Day is Upon Us –
Please Do Your Part |
|
10/24 |
Friday Alert: Alliance Activity Reaches a
Crescendo as Election Nears |
|
10/17 |
Friday Alert: Alliance Endorses Barack
Obama with Events in Ten States on Same Day |
|
10/10 |
Friday Alert: McCain Health Plan Would
Cut Medicare by 22% |
|
10/3 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate and
House Pass Combined $850 billion Wall Street Bailout/Tax
Extenders Bill |
|
10/3 |
Friday Alert: State Voter Registration
Deadlines Begin October 4 - Tell Your Friends! |
|
9/29 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House Passes
Stimulus Bill but Senate Balks |
|
9/26 |
Friday Alert: Retiree Roadrunner Van
Wraps Up First Trip to Ohio – Missouri is Next! |
|
9/19 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: AFSCME Urges
Action on a Second Economic Recovery Package |
|
9/19 |
Friday Alert: Retiree Roadrunner Van
Makes Its First Run in Ohio |
|
9/12 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House Working
on Second Economic Recovery Package |
|
9/12 |
Friday Alert: Alliance's Retiree
Roadrunner Vans Hit the Asphalt on Behalf of Seniors |
|
9/5 |
Friday Alert: Republican Convention
Platform Raises Concerns |
|
8/29 |
Friday Alert: Democratic Conventioneers
Agree: “Yes We Can!” |
|
8/22 |
Friday Alert: Medicare Beneficiaries Face
12 Percent Hike in 2009 Drug Premiums |
|
8/19 |
WV AFL-CIO
Endorsed Candidates - General Election - Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 |
|
8/15 |
Friday Alert: Social Security Celebrates
73rd Birthday, Alliance Fights for 73 More |
|
8/8 |
Friday Alert: Have a Voter Rights Issue?
Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE |
|
8/1 |
Friday Alert: uiding Principles for
Medicare Released as Program Celebrates its 43rd Birthday |
|
8/1 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Democrats Release Spending Bill |
|
7/23 |
Friday Alert:
Alliance Members Tell John McCain Social Security is not “A
Disgrace” |
|
7/23 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: President
McEntee Presses for Aid to Ailing States at House Hearing |
|
7/18 |
Friday Alert:
President Vetoes Medicare Bill; Congress Quickly Overrides |
|
7/18 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House and
Senate Democrats Developing New Stimulus Plan Likely to Include
State and Local Fiscal Relief and Medicaid |
|
7/11 |
Friday Alert:
Senate Vote Strengthens Medicare |
|
7/11 |
AFSCME Legislative Report:
Senator Kennedy's Heroic Vote Pushes Senate to Pass AFSCME
Supported Medicare Benefits Bill |
|
7/3 |
Friday Alert:
Senate to Vote Again on H.R. 6331, Medicare Bill That Fell Short
by One Vote |
|
6/27 |
AFSCME Legislative Report:
AFSCME-Supported Provisions in Emergency Supplemental Funding
Bill Pass Senate and Go to President |
|
6/27 |
Friday Alert:
Medicare Bill to Help Seniors Falls One Vote Short in Senate |
|
6/20 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House
Subcommittee Approves Labor, Health, Education Funding Bill |
|
6/20 |
Friday Alert:
Seniors’ Votes May Be the Key to Victory in 2008 |
|
6/13 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate
Republicans Block Medicare Benefits Bill |
|
6/13 |
Friday Alert:
Medicare Bill that Would Have Helped Seniors Fails to Gain
Enough Support |
|
6/9 |
$4 Gas? FIGHT BACK! |
|
6/6 |
Friday Alert:
Competing Medicare Bills Proposed in Senate |
|
5/30 |
Friday Alert:
Administration Threatens to Veto Medicare Bill That Does Not
Protect Insurers |
|
5/23 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senate Passes
Emergency Supplemental Funding Bill with AFSCME-Supported
Provisions |
|
5/23 |
Friday Alert:
Medicare Changes May Address Doctor Payments, Nursing Home
Deficiencies |
|
5/22 |
2008 Primary Election Results |
|
5/16 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House Votes
on War Emergency Supplemental; Senate to Vote Next Week |
|
5/16 |
Friday Alert:
Advertising, Better Treatments Lead to Greatest Use of
Prescription Drugs Ever |
|
5/9 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Congress to
Consider Emergency Funding Bill |
|
5/9 |
Friday Alert:
State Regulators Seek Greater Authority to Oversee Medicare
Advantage Plans |
|
5/2 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Promise of
Presidential Veto Kills Anti-Privatization Provision in Farm
Bill |
|
5/2 |
Friday Alert:
Release of New Voting Record Commemorates Start of Older
Americans Month |
|
4/25 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House Defies
President Bush and Votes to Block Medicaid Cuts to States |
|
4/25 |
Friday Alert:
Call to Action for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries is Coming
Soon |
|
4/21 |
Friday Alert:
Northeastern Regional Meeting Coincides with Pennsylvania's
Primary |
|
4/18 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Bill to Block
Bush Cuts to Medicaid Moves Forward |
|
4/11 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House
Subcommittee Adopts Bill to Block Bush Regulatory Cuts to
Medicaid |
|
4/11 |
Friday Alert:
Tax Filing Deadline Has Added Significance for Retirees This
Year |
|
4/4 |
Friday Alert:
Prescription Drug Prices Becoming More Unbearable as Economy
Slides |
|
4/4 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Senators
Rockefeller, Snowe and Kennedy Introduce Legislation Providing
Aid to States and Relief from Bush Medicaid Regulations |
|
3/28 |
Friday Alert:
Western Regional Meeting is Pronounced a Success! |
|
3-27 |
E-Activist Network: Shame
on Elaine |
|
3/20 |
Friday Alert:
Retirement Security of Bear Stearns Employees Up in the Air |
|
3-15 |
West Virginia AFL-CIO announces Primary election endorsements
|
|
3/14 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: House and
Senate Pass Strong Budget Resolution and Reject President Bush's
Budget Plan |
|
3/14 |
Friday Alert:
New Hampshire Alliance Members Greet Sen. McCain with
Protests... |
|
3-10 |
Final Report for AFSCME Council 77 - On the 2008 Legislative Session
(updated 3/27)2008\03_27.pdf |
|
3/7 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Budget
Resolutions Pass House and Senate Budget Committees |
|
3/7 |
Friday Alert:
John McCain Restates Support for Social Security Privatization |
|
3/5 |
Rank-and-file state workers may get
bigger pay raises under legislative proposal |
|
2/29 |
WV Legislative Quick Update - One Week
Left |
|
2/29 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Governors
Urge Congress to Stop Costly Regulations in Health Programs |
|
2/29 |
Friday Alert:
Medicare Advantage Plans Costing Many Seniors More |
|
2/22 |
Friday Alert: Seniors Must File Federal Tax
Returns in Order to Receive Stimulus
Checks |
|
2/19 |
Eastern
Panhandle DOH Pay Grievance DECISION finally issued by Grievance
Board - Now on to Circuit Court for AFSCME members. Read the
decision that took so long here. |
|
2/15 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Action on
Farm Bill Heats Up |
|
2/15 |
Friday Alert: Two D.C. Events Spotlight
Bush Budget Cuts for Seniors |
|
2/8 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Congress
Clears Stimulus Bill |
|
2/8 |
Friday Alert: Super Tuesday Leaves
Clinton, Obama, and McCain with the Most Delegates |
|
2-5 |
'Meet & Consult' Committee has its 3rd
meeting |
|
2/1 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Congress
Works to Advance Economic Stimulus Plan |
|
2/1 |
Friday Alert: State of the Union and FY
’09 Budget Offers Seniors Little |
|
1/25 |
WV Legislative Quick Update - Week 3 |
|
1/25 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: Economic
Stimulus Plan on the Move |
|
1/25 |
Friday Alert: State of the Union Address
Likely to Reveal Bush’s Vision for Seniors in ’08 |
|
1/18 |
AFSCME Legislative Report: AFSCME
UrgesCongress to Eliminate Benefit Inequities for Public
Retirees |
|
1/18 |
Friday Alert: February 5th Shaping Up To
Be Historic Day in Race for U.S. President |
|
1/15 |
WV
State Employees rank 50th in US Census Pay Survey |
|
1/14 |
WV Legislative Quick Update - Week 2 |
|
1/11 |
Friday Alert: Senators Hillary Clinton,
John McCain Win New Hampshire Primaries |
|
1/4 |
Friday Alert: Sen. Obama, Former Gov.
Huckabee Win Iowa Caucuses |
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