Reported by: Gilbert Corsey
Videographer: Tim Rock
Web Producer: Gilbert Corsey
August 3, 2009 12:52am
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Healthcare reform took center stage on the capitol steps. The AFL-CIO hosted a rally for West Virginia labor workers Sunday.
More than a thousand union leaders and workers from different organizations talked about the need for a public healthcare insurance plan, labor laws and the Free Choice Act. The overall theme for the event was turning around America by empowering the middle class.
However not everyone agreed on how to get there. CWL Local 2001 member, Pam Shinn said, " I think everybody should have healthcare. It is very important." Charleston based insurance agent, John Bell, said it will only cost the public more in taxes.
There are more than 110,000 union workers and 125,000 retired union workers in West Virginia.
Body found in W.Va. creek may be firefighter March 19, 2010 7:09 PM Rescuers think they have found the body of a Kanawha County firefighter swept away while attempting a water rescue in Raleigh County.
Testimony concludes in vote fraud trial March 19, 2010 9:20 PM Testimony has ended in the trial of eight prominent Clay County residents accused of vote fraud.
Ohio father sentenced in rape of his 3 children March 19, 2010 6:43 PM An Ohio man who was a fugitive for more than 23 years has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for raping gunpoint of his children in 1985.
Fugitive Files
Wanted: Mar. 16, 2010 You Can Help! Distribution of crack cocaine, failure to register as a sex offender, and failure to appear following meth charges
Behind The Kitchen Door
March 18, 2010 Gibson Family Restaurant, Applebee's, Huntington Food Bank are on the list. Find out who has violations and who gets a big thumbs up!
Gilbert Corsey
