Out-of-control health care costs are forcing working families to forgo needed medical care and shredding family bank accounts, while private health insurance companies deny claims and, far too often, refuse to provide coverage. The results of the 2009 Health Care for America Survey—sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America—show that more than half of the 23,460 people who took the survey cannot get the health care they need at a price they can afford and one-third say they forgo basic medical care because of its high price. Read More>>

June Newsletter

Union Nights with the Astros

Forming a Union - A Workers' Choice?

Thank You Supporters!

 

 

 

The Harris County AFL-CIO Council is a local federation of labor representing over 45,000 members of 77 unions in Harris County - Houston Texas.  The mission of the Harris County AFL-CIO Council to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state and the nation.

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