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DESCRIPTION:OEA Labor Day Rally Calls HMO's to  Step Up to Help Solve the Education 
 Crisis  Monday, September 5 at 11 am  Health Net Headquarters, 155 Grand 
 Ave. near Harrison (just west of Lake Merritt)  Leaflet afterward at Art 
 and Soul Festival in downtown Oakland  Endorsed by AFSME 257, AFT 771 and 
 Oakland Green Party     The OEA will be holding a Labor Day demonstration 
 in front of Health Net's Headquarters to demand that the health care giant 
 as well as Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente freeze their charges to the 
 Oakland School District.  Health Net and Kaiser raised their prices for 
 school district employee health coverage nearly 60% over the past three 
 years and have provided union officials with figures indicating costs may 
 increase by approximately 20% over the next two.  These skyrocketing costs 
 contribute to the crisis facing the underfunded Oakland schools.  In the 
 current bargaining impasse between the teachers and the District, and in 
 the Fact Finding hearings before a PERB-appointed panel which just 
 concluded, State Administrator Randy Ward has pitted paying for employee 
 health care against providing art, music, library, science and computer 
 classes for Oakland's young people.     The OEA, with the support of AFSCME 
 257 and AFT 771, as well as the Oakland Green Party, are calling on Health 
 Net and Kaiser to shoulder their civic responsibility to help solve the 
 crisis facing the Oakland schools.  Health Net just reported $53 million in 
 quarterly profits and roughly $12 billion in annual revenues while Kaiser 
 has announced major expansion plans.  In contrast, teachers have already 
 taken a 4%, $13 million cut in pay.  If educators are now required to pay 
 even more for health care, larger and larger numbers of experienced 
 teachers will be forced to leave the District, further destabilizing 
 Oakland public education.      The Labor Day March had originally been 
 planned to also demonstrate in front of Kaiser Regional Headquarters.  
 However, in solidarity with SEIU #250, currently locked in a bitter 
 contract struggle with Sutter Hospitals after negotiating a contract with 
 Kaiser, the OEA-led march will focus its attention on Health Net.  OEA 
 stands in support of all health care workers and will urge its members to 
 join picket lines at Sutter again as many teachers did during the last 
 strike against Summit/Alta Bates.     When:  Monday, September 5 at 11:00 
 a.m.  Where:  Health Net Headquarters, 155 Grand Ave. (Crowley Maritime 
 Building), between Lake Merritt and Webster, near Harrison\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/09/04/74883.php
SUMMARY:OEA Labor Day Rally
LOCATION:Health Net Headquarters, 155 Grand Ave. near Harrison (just west of Lake 
 Merritt)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/09/04/74883.php
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