Convention Resolution
Resolution 60: In Honor of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
… senator for working people, a senator for poor people, for the old and for the vulnerable. He embodied our aspiration to fulfill America’s promise—to make our nation more compassionate and more hopeful, to make sure every individual is treated … for filing pay discrimination cases. A longstanding champion for worker safety, Sen. Kennedy implored: “to all those who work hard for a living wage, let us provide new hope that the price of their employment shall not be an unsafe workplace and … and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In 1985 he led the fight to pass COBRA, giving American workers the right to temporarily continue employer health coverage when they lose their jobs. in 1996 he sponsored the Health insurance …