by admin | Apr 5, 2013 | In the News
Liberals are mounting strong criticisms of President Obama amid news that his budget will include a Social Security benefit cut — an official endorsement of a policy compromise he’s offered Republicans for years — and warning Democrats not to dare vote to cut the...
by admin | Nov 7, 2012 | Political Action
As working families all over the country celebrated President Obama’s re-election last night, we also began mobilizing to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from benefit cuts. Working families need more economic security, not less. But some...
by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Featured, October 2012 Dispatcher, Pensioners
The ILWU’s Pacific Coast Pensioners have been organizing to fight the attempts to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits for many years. They have been sounding the alarm, organizing demonstrations, and lobbying politicians in Washington to preserve the right of...
by admin | Dec 19, 2010 | December 2010 Dispatcher, Pensioners, Political Action
The October issue of the Dispatcher reported that the ILWU Pacific Pensioners Association was sounding the alarm about a potential attack on Social Security by President Obama’s bipartisan Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform which was created to propose ways to...
by admin | Oct 30, 2010 | Featured, October 2010 Dispatcher, Pensioners, Political Action
The fight to save Social Security was a central theme at the annual ILWU pensioners’ convention, held this year in San Francisco. The convention delegates heard from experts and ILWU officials about the planned assault on the program and after the November elections,...