Health And Retirement On The Chopping Block
Tuesday, January 4, 2011(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
About 10 percent of the cost of healthcare may
soon be pushed onto state workers in Maryland if Governor Martin O’Malley
accepts recent recommendations proposed by the Commission on the Sustainability
of Public Employee and Retiree Health and Pension Benefits, reports AFSCME
Council 67. Among other issues, the recommendations also have the
potential to eliminate state workers’ defined pensions. “We have had no pay
raise in years and have suffered through O’Malley’s furloughs,” says
Council 67. “Enough is enough! Protect our hard-earned pensions and health
benefits.” AFSCME members are planning three days of action this month to tell
Governor O’Malley “that we have sacrificed to help our state.” Click
here for details or click here to send a
message to Governor O’Malley urging him to “reject any recommendations of
the Commission if they would cut employee or retiree benefits.”