UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS for UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS

Immigration IMM

Comprehensive Reform

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Employer-sponsored health care credit and tax exclusion; Continuation of payroll tax holiday; deficit reduction tax proposals; Buffet Rule (H.R. 6410); Bush Tax Cuts; Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2012 (S. 3412/H.R. 6262).

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 3412 (112th), H.R. 6410 (112th), H.R. 6262 (112th)

Defense DEF

FY2013 Defense Authorization Legislation; FY2013 Defense Appropriations Legislation: Humvee; Tank Production; Submarine.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); White House Office

Unemployment UNM

UI solvency legislation; Reauthorization of EUC and EB programs; UI "reforms."

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans-Pacific Partnership; US Japan Trade; Most Favored Nation treatment for Russia (H.R. 6149/S. 3327).

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6149 (112th), S. 3327 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

ACA implementation; Medicare improvements; Block granting of Medicaid; Retiree health care; Medicare eligibility age increase; Dual eligibles and managed care proposals; Privitizing Medicare; MedPAC Medigap Surcharge.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); White House Office

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Labor organizing issues; Independent Regulatory Analysis Act (S. 3468); Midnight Rule (H.R. 4607); Red Tape Reduction & Small Business Job Creation Act (H.R. 4078); Jobs Protection & Recession Prevention Act of 2012 (H.R. 8); Pathway to Job Creation (H.R. 6169).

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); State, Dept of (DOS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 4607 (112th), H.R. 6169 (112th), S. 3468 (112th), H.R. 8 (112th), H.R. 4078 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

Health care reform implementation; Medical loss ratio; State exchanges structure; Medicare; Medicaid; Retiree Health Care Coverage Protection Act (H.R. 3887); MedPAC Medigap Surrcharge; Repealing the Affordable Care Act (H.R. 6079); Transitional Reinsurance Program (H.R. 6283).

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 6283 (112th), H.R. 6079 (112th), H.R. 3887 (112th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Buy American provisions; American Jobs Act (S. 1547); Rebuild America Act (H.R. 5727/S. 2252); Bring Jobs Home Act (S. 3364/H.R. 5542).

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5727 (112th), S. 2252 (112th), S. 1547 (112th), H.R. 5542 (112th), S. 3364 (112th)

Retirement RET

Pension Funding legislation; PBGC issues; Social Security benefits: chained CPI and raising cap on income.

Contacted: White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations FY 2013 (Legal Services Corp.); Labor-HHS Appropriations (NLRB, OSHA, Labor Dept., Job Training Programs) FY 2013; DOD Appropriations FY 2013; Social Security; Budget Deficit and Revenue options.

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)