On October 25, 2018, PILMA released the following statement in response to President Trump’s speech at the Department of Health and Human Services. The statement follows a previously adopted PILMA Resolution on Price Controls. View the statement in PDF. The labor unions and biopharmaceutical companies of the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (PILMA) have a longstanding […]
PILMA Warns that Changes to the Medicare Part D “Donut Hole” would have Unintended Consequences
On August 17, 2018, PILMA Chairman and Ironworkers General President Eric Dean sent the following letter to House and Senate leadership advocating for the repeal of a provision in the Bipartisan Budget Act that would, “threaten the viability of the [biopharmaceutical] industry to invest in new treatments and cures and decimate the competitive nature that is […]
LillyPad: What Does IP Have to Do With Union Construction Jobs?
The following post appeared on LillyPad. By: Eric Dean, General President of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers and Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (PILMA). At the intersection between the biopharmaceutical industry and North America’s Building Trades Unions is thePharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association, better known as PILMA. As Chairman […]
Statement by SMART General President Joseph Sellers On President Trump’s Drug Pricing Speech
Download the statement here. WASHINGTON (May 23, 2018) – Joseph Sellers, General President of SMART, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s speech on drug prices: “We commend the Trump Administration for the attention on this critical issue, particularly the much-needed focus […]
Press Release: Building Trades Unions Weigh in on Drug Prices
Building Trade Unions Weigh in on Drug Prices Iron Workers General President Releases Statement Following President Trump’s Speech on Drug Prices View the statement in PDF. Eric Dean, General President of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Ironworkers, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s speech on drug prices: The […]
Delaware State News: The culprits behind high prescription drug prices
James Maravelias, President of the Delaware AFL-CIO and Co-Chair of We Work for Health Delaware, authored the following op-ed for Delaware News Journal. May 14, 2018 View article on the Delaware News Journal website. Out-of-pocket health care costs rose by 3.9 percent in 2016, according to a new report by Health Affairs. That was the […]