We Were Promised –
General:
Name: We Were Promised –
Format: epub
Size: 20.22 MB
Book:
Title: We Were Promised
Author: Julia Flint, Elizabeth Catte
Language: English
Year: 2025
Subjects: History, Sociology, Nonfiction
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9781985903081
Total pages: 400 str.
Description:
Karen "Momma K" Gorrell did not consider herself to be an activist. But when those she cared about were wronged, she refused to remain silent. With the economy still reeling from the Great Recession in 2011, Karen’s husband and other retirees of the Century Aluminum plant-a pillar of industry in their rural community of Ravenswood-had their healthcare benefits terminated. The United Steelworkers had negotiated for these union members to have a portion of their wages deducted to fund future benefits, and the employees worked for decades with the promise of health insurance upon retirement. When Century idled the plant and reneged on its agreement, retirees were left without affordable care at the time they needed it most.
Knowing lives were on the line, Karen vowed to do whatever she could to pressure Century to reinstate retirees’ promised benefits. Within months, she became the lead organizer and spokesperson for a grassroots campaign that would capture the…
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