Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report
National Edition 27:06
Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
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Round Two: Stella DâOro Workers Fight Against Plant Shutdown
with
. Joyce Alston, President Local 50, Bakery Workers Union
. Mike Philipo, Shop Steward
. Eddie Morrero, Foreman Bakery Dept.

Days after a judge found Stella DâOro Biscuit Co. guilty of labor law
violations and ordered the company to reinstate more than 130 workers
on strike since August, Stella DâOroâs owner Brynwood Partners
announced it would close the plant. The union charges that the decision
to shutter the plant is in retaliation against the workers strike and has
filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to block
the shutdown and force the company to reopen negotiations. Last
August Stella DâOro workers refused management demands for wage
cuts by as much as $5 hour and slashes in health and pension benefits
and have waged a militant strike which has received tremendous
support from N.Y. area unions and the community.
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The Health Insurance Racket:
Getting Rich by Denying Americans Care
by Robert Greenward and Brave New Films

What does UnitedHealthcare CEO Stephen Hemsley have to lose if
Congress passes real healthcare reform this year? Well, for starters,
his nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in unexercised stock options
might lose a few pennies on the dollar.

What does Isabella, a four year-old girl in Winsconsin who is physically
incapable of eating and has had to be tube fed her entire life, have to
gain from healthcare reform? The treatment she needs to live a normal
life.
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