PILMA Letter to the Subcommittee on Health Hearing – “Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the Prescription Drug Supply Chain
February 11, 2025 The Honorable Brett Guthrie, Chairman House Committee on Energy and Commerce 2161 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Representative Frank Pallone, Ranking Member House Committee on Energy and Commerce 2125 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 Re: Subcommittee on Health Hearing – “Lowering Health Care Costs for All […]
PILMA Calls for PBM Reform in the 119th Congress
The Honorable Brett Guthrie, Chairman House Committee on Energy and Commerce 2161 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Representative Frank Pallone, Ranking Member House Committee on Energy and Commerce 2125 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Representative Jason Smith, Chairman House Committee on Ways and Means 1011 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 […]
PILMA & DGA: Creating Jobs and Economic Opportunity
The Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (PILMA) and the California Biopharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (CBPILMA) hosted an event at the Democratic Governors Association’s conference in Beverly Hills highlighting how investing in high skilled labor supports 21st century pharmaceutical innovation.
Partnership Between Pharmaceutical Industry and Labor Creates Good Jobs
The partnership between the biopharmaceutical industry and labor unions fosters a collaborative environment that keeps each side innovating. Training programs equip union workers with the skills to build and maintain state-of-the-art facilities providing industry with the capability to discover life-saving cures.
Pharmaceutical-Labor Alliance Flourishes
The AFL-CIO Blog highlights the value of the PILMA coalition: “One staple of PILMA’s program—along with conferences and other get-togethers—is to provide tours of union training facilities, which allow industry officials to see firsthand the skill levels and training union workers bring to the specialized construction needs of the biotechnology industry.” Read the Full Article
PILMA Chairman Issues Statement on Legislative Proposals that would Harm Innovation and Jobs
On January 16, 2019, Eric Dean, General President of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers and Chairman of PILMA issued the following statement on legislative proposals that would negatively impact innovation and jobs. View the statement in PDF. The biopharmaceutical industry supports more than 4.7 million American jobs. Significant investment in capital […]
Delaware News Journal: Delaware workers, companies must unite to confront threats
Sam Lathem, the former president of the Delaware AFL-CIO, authored the following op-ed in the Delaware News Journal. Click here to view the article on the News Journal website. This election season has featured the usual speeches about the importance of American workers and expanding job opportunities. And as usual, the statements have lacked detail, […]
Providence Journal: Labor, industry build R.I.
Tim Byrne, Business Manager of United Association Local 51 and George Nee, President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, authored the following post following the PILMA facility tour at Local 51 in East Providence, Rhode Island. Click here to view the article on the Providence Journal website. In Rhode Island and around the country, it is […]
MSNBC Video: Apprenticeships Offer Debt-Free Job Training
Sean McGarvey, President of North America’s Building Trades Unions, highlights in a San Francisco Chronicle opinion piece how apprenticeship programs help individuals learn trades. He joins to explain how the programs work and how they are “a much more cost-effective way of acquiring jobs skills than a traditional college degree. Click here to view the […]
PILMA Honors President Wise
At PILMA’s May 27th Trustee Meeting, the trustees unanimously approved a resolution honoring President Walter Wise for his outstanding leadership and thoughtful engagement while serving as Chairman of PILMA. Wise will retire as President of the Iron Workers International on July 1, 2015 and subsequently will step down from his chairmanship. On behalf of all the PILMA trustees, […]