On Thursday, September 21, 2023, Steamfitters Local 420 hosted a facility tour for industry leaders, union representatives, and legislators to convene and highlight the partnership between the biopharmaceutical industry and skilled union labor. Industry partners included Merck, Lilly, GSK, and others. The tour illustrated the synergistic relationship between biopharmaceutical companies and skilled union labor. It […]
Statement Regarding PBM Reform and Transparency
See the Statement The unions and member companies of PILMA have consistently called for reform in the supplychain; namely, addressing the opacity in the system with middlemen such as insurancecompanies and PBMs. Specifically, PILMA has urged Congress to act to: With a market that sees the largest PBMs controlling more than 80% of the covered […]
United Association General Presidents’ Letter responding to the Senate Committee on Finance
On July 10, 2023, PILMA sent the following letter to Senator Wyden and Senator Crapo. Download the letter here. Dear Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Crapo: The Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (PILMA) is writing to express support for ongoing efforts of the Senate Committee on Finance to address conflicts of interest and an overarching lack […]
Union General Presidents’ Letter on Pharmacy Benefit Manager Legislative Reform
On April 20, 2023, PILMA sent the following letter to Senator Wyden on the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act. Download the letter here. Dear Senator Wyden, On the behalf of SMART, Ironworkers International, United Association, IBEW and IUOE, we applaud the recent efforts of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to bring additional […]
Ron Klink: America can’t give the world all our ideas, if we really want to help the world
When I was in Congress, politicians on both sides were eager to offer “bumper sticker solutions” to the problems of the day. Then, as now, the easiest solutions — those that can be slapped on a bumper sticker — are rarely the best choices for the nation in the long term. Of necessity, the Biden […]
Michigan patients deserve relief at the pharmacy counter
As a leader of Plumbers UA Local 98, we are providers of a skilled workforce to Michigan’s biopharmaceutical industry, helping to construct needed research and manufacturing facilities to help produce and discover new cures. In providing this work, our members benefit from the health and welfare benefits connected to these construction jobs. Our members build […]