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~5 reasons we need a labor party!~
Reasons We Need a Labor Party
1. In 1986, 65 percent of small businesses in the United States offered their employees health insurance; today, only 42 percent do. And as health care costs continue to soar, employers are forcing workers to shoulder more of the cost. Workers with single coverage paid an average of 27 percent more in premiums and a family paid 16 percent more in 2002 than the previous year. Neither the Democratic nor Republican Party offer a solution to the health care crisis that addresses soaring costs. Read more about the Labor Party's solution to the health care crisis: Just Health Care.
2. As many as 4.4 million college-qualified high school graduates will not be able to enroll in a four-year college and two million will not go to college at all by the end of this decade – because of financial barriers. The Free Higher Ed campaign calls for free tuition at all public institutions of higher learning for students who meet admissions requirements.
3. As our real wages continue to fall, as they have since 1973, we work even longer hours or a second job to keep up. Meanwhile, CEO pay (salary and bonus only) rose 53 percent to $1.8 million from 1993 to 2002. When incentives such as stock options are included, median pay for CEOs tripled from $2 million to $6 million.
4. Less than 15 percent of all American workers are union members, and fewer than 10 percent in the private sector. However, given the option of joining a union or not, 44 percent of private-sector workers in this country would join – a higher percentage than have ever been organized. In other words, if workers were presented with a free, uncoerced choice, private sector union membership would more than triple overnight. For more information about the Labor Party's Campaign for Worker Rights, visit www.campaignforworkerrights.org.
5. From 1979 to 1998, the percentage of workers covered by traditional pension plans declined by 22 percent while access to 401(k) plans rose by 70 percent. With a 401(k), individual workers are responsible for deciding how to invest their retirement money, and investment risks are born solely by the worker. Between 2000 and 2003, U.S. stock markets lost about 40 percent of their value and $175 billion was lost in 401(k) savings in 2001 alone. Despite this disaster, politicians are moving ahead with plans to make it easier to eliminate traditional pension plans and to privatize Social Security.
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Any reason is a good reason to party
THIS CALLS FOR A CELEBRATION!!!!!!! LET'S ALL GO TO THE HOUSE AND PARTY!!!!!!!! :D :D :D
Reasons We Need a Labor Party
1. In 1986, 65 percent of small businesses in the United States offered their employees health insurance; today, only 42 percent do. And as health care costs continue to soar, employers are forcing workers to shoulder more of the cost. Workers with single coverage paid an average of 27 percent more in premiums and a family paid 16 percent more in 2002 than the previous year. Neither the Democratic nor Republican Party offer a solution to the health care crisis that addresses soaring costs. Read more about the Labor Party's solution to the health care crisis: Just Health Care.
2. As many as 4.4 million college-qualified high school graduates will not be able to enroll in a four-year college and two million will not go to college at all by the end of this decade – because of financial barriers. The Free Higher Ed campaign calls for free tuition at all public institutions of higher learning for students who meet admissions requirements.
3. As our real wages continue to fall, as they have since 1973, we work even longer hours or a second job to keep up. Meanwhile, CEO pay (salary and bonus only) rose 53 percent to $1.8 million from 1993 to 2002. When incentives such as stock options are included, median pay for CEOs tripled from $2 million to $6 million.
4. Less than 15 percent of all American workers are union members, and fewer than 10 percent in the private sector. However, given the option of joining a union or not, 44 percent of private-sector workers in this country would join – a higher percentage than have ever been organized. In other words, if workers were presented with a free, uncoerced choice, private sector union membership would more than triple overnight. For more information about the Labor Party's Campaign for Worker Rights, visit www.campaignforworkerrights.org.
5. From 1979 to 1998, the percentage of workers covered by traditional pension plans declined by 22 percent while access to 401(k) plans rose by 70 percent. With a 401(k), individual workers are responsible for deciding how to invest their retirement money, and investment risks are born solely by the worker. Between 2000 and 2003, U.S. stock markets lost about 40 percent of their value and $175 billion was lost in 401(k) savings in 2001 alone. Despite this disaster, politicians are moving ahead with plans to make it easier to eliminate traditional pension plans and to privatize Social Security.
[SIZE=3]VOICE YOUR OPINION![/SIZE]
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Any reason is a good reason to party
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THIS CALLS FOR A CELEBRATION!!!!!!! LET'S ALL GO TO THE HOUSE AND PARTY!!!!!!!! :D :D :D
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