Golden Gate Bridge Workers Picket Managements Orchid Gala To Save Health Benefits
Channel: GoldenGateJustice
Date: 2012-02-27

February 23, 2012 at Ft. Mason in San Francisco.   
Inside, among 138,000 orchids, the management of the Golden Gate Bridge is celebrating the Bridge's 75th Birthday  with an "Orchid Gala." Outside in the cold, the workers who run and maintain the famous structure are protesting to defend their health benefits and conditions.

More than 380 union workers employed by the Golden Gate Bridge Transportation District  have been negotiating over 10 months without reaching an agreement, even though management admits the unions have granted monetary  and benefit concessions that exceed the Districts demands.   What is the holdup? Management, led by Board President Janet Reilly,  is now on a right wing ideological campaign to force a form of health benefit premium sharing  that will penalize employees with families.    The workers are fighting  to keep their health care affordable for families. Management is also demanding cuts in current retirees' vested health care benefits.

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