Author Archives: Joe Doc

A Few Thoughts About Statues We Pass By Everyday!!!!!

– If You identify with what a statue stands for then admire it, If you oppose what a statue stands for, then let it serve as a reminder of a part of history you choose not repeat!

Let’s not let differences over statues define us as people and divide us as Americans!

We’re Bigger Then That!!

Joe Dougherty

PhillyLabor.com

8/26 Mayweather/McGregor @ Bricklayers Local-1 Union Hall For Union Solidarity Night

PhillyLabor.com in Conjunction w/Saturday Night Live w/PhillyLabor Radio Presents:

*******A Union Solidarity Night – Featuring Mayweather V. McGregor *******

“All Philadelphia Area Union Brothers, Sisters & Friends Of Labor Welcome”

  • Date – Saturday, August 26, 2017
  • Doors Open at 8pm
  • Tickets – $35.00 – Available At the Door Or In Advance At: https://cliqueticket.com/events/79
  • Includes a 4 Hr Select Beer Open Bar
  • FREE BUFFET
  • Location – Bricklayers Local 1 Union Hall In The Black Lake Room at: 2706 Black Lake Place, Philadelphia, Pa. 19154 (1 Block North of Southampton Rd. and McNulty Rd.)

* Proceeds To Benefit The Joseph J. Dougherty Legal Defense Fund

For Additional Information, See Flier at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1337422359689263&set=a.243079929123517.49271.100002645365019&type=3&theater

6/17 – Sat Night Live w/PhillyLabor Radio Featuring Plumbers Local 690 Business Manager, John Kane, Philadelphia Deputy Mayor For Labor, Rich Lazer and Atty. Sam Pond

6/17 – Tonight At 7pm On TALK RADIO 1210 WPHT, Saturday Night Live w/PhillyLabor Radio Features Plumbers Local 690 Business Manager, John Kane, Philadelphia Deputy Mayor For Labor, Rich Lazer and Atty. Sam Pond

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What is House Bill 18? (And why is it devastating to workers?)

By the PA. AFL-CIO

– House Bill 18 is sponsored by Representative Ryan Mackenzie (R-134) and institutes a drug “formulary” for injured workers in the workers’ compensation system.  This means that injured workers would only have access to a limited set of prescription medications and treatments when receiving workers’ compensation.  The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO opposes House Bill 18 because it limits injured workers’ right to healthcare and treatment.

Workers compensation laws guarantee that if you are hurt on the job, you will receive payment for lost wages and medical expenses.  Already Pennsylvania workers receiving workers’ compensation need to see a healthcare professional of their employer’s insurance company’s approval for 90 days before they can choose treatment by their own doctor.  Under House Bill 18, even after the initial 90 days, injured workers would only be allowed to receive pre-approved treatments from the drug formulary.  This would prevent doctors from making decisions based on the best interest of their patients and tie them to an unaccountable drug “formulary”.  House Bill 18 is an unnecessary government intrusion into the relationship between patients and their doctor. 

Rep. Mackenzie says that this bill is a solution to the opioid epidemic, however, the word “opioid” does not appear even once in the bill.  This bill would limit the entire range of medications available to injured workers solely because they were injured on the job.  This bill is not about solving the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania, House Bill 18 is just another step in dismantling injured workers’ rights.  

Pennsylvanians across the Commonwealth understand that our communities are facing an epidemic of opioid abuse and addiction.  Threatening the healthcare of injured workers is not a solution to this problem.  For real information on opioid addiction, visit the Department of Human Services’ Centers of Excellence, call their opioid abuse hotline at 1-800-662-4357, or learn more about the other resources and tools available to you and your community. 

Injured Workers Deserve Healthcare, not a Drug Formulary.  Don’t be fooled by House Bill 18.

Source – http://www.paaflcio.org/?p=7613

6/10 Sat Night Live w/PhillyLabor Radio Featuring PA. A.G. Josh Shapiro and Councilwoman Cherelle Parker

6/10 – Tonight At 7pm On TALK RADIO 1210 WPHT, Saturday Night Live w/PhillyLabor Radio w/New Host Laborer’s District Council, Business Manager, Ryan Boyer, Joe Doc Jr. and Joe Krause Welcome Guests: Pa. Attorney General, Josh Shapiro, Councilwoman Cherelle Parker and American Flag Advocate, Jim Jenkins.

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