Title

"News" piece on a demonstration by laid-off workers recently held in Bangor. Mo

Authors

Chris Barker

Source

Maine Times

Date

1-31-2002

Pages

7

Abstract

"News" piece on a demonstration by laid-off workers recently held in Bangor. More than 1,000 workers have been laid off in the Bangor area in recent months. With comments by several area labor leaders, and information about a congressional bill backed by Maine's Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins that would require laid-off workers to pay 100 percent of their health insurance costs under the federal COBRA system, and then apply for a voucher and wait for reimbursement by the federal government.

Subjects

Protests, demonstrations, etc, Unemployment

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