Leaders of the 11 member unions of the National Labor Coordinating Committeee met with President Obama yesterday to discuss the status of health care reform and the Employee Free Choice Act. This group includes the 3 million member National Education Association as well as the largest AFL-CIO and Change to Win unions. CWA President Larry Cohen attended the meeting along with leaders of the National Education Association, AFSCME, SEIU, United Steelworkers, United Food and Commercial Workers, Laborers’ International Union of North America, American Federation of Teachers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO and Change to Win labor coalition.
"We appreciate the opportunity to meet with President Obama to discuss some of the critical issues for working families, including Employee Free Choice and restoring the bargaining rights of the American worker, and what we need to do to achieve real health care reform," said CWA President Larry Cohen.
The meeting comes as the National Labor Coordinating Committee continues to work to find common ground among labor, in recognition of the fact that unity is essential in order to maximize collective strength. CWA members have been taking this message to state labor federations, and coordinated labor committees are continuing to seek resolutions on labor unity.
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