carpenters, doug mccarron, general president united brotherhood of carpenters, mark of the iron workers local five, joseph sellars junior, general president of the sheet metal workers union/smart union, summa, heat and frost insulators and allied workers local 24, mark, united association local five, stephen dodd, sheet metal workers union/smart union, gary mussina, sheet metal workers union peer the president has been honored to receive tremendous support from union working men and women on election day and dedicated to growing in deepening their support, and he made it a priority to meet with these union workers on our working day one here in the white house. the off shoring of american jobs and lack of economic growth in recent years has had american workers particularly hard. the president s top priority is to retain and attract american jobs which have already seen happening through his actions on carrier, sprint, general motors, and so much more.
united healthcare workers east, had to reopen all of their contracts for 145,000 members two years early. gave up all the raises, reduced the benefit for future hires. so on the union could plug the massive gaping pension hole. wouldn t it be great if they could just get some sort of healthcare that could take care of all of this? in 2007, they only had 74% of the assets needed to pay its benefits. then you have these, the bigger plans operated for the teamsters. altogether they have 59% of the reserves necessary to cover the pensions. 26 funds at the food workers union. 58%. seven locals of the united brotherhood of carpenters, 67%. take a look at funded ratio of 13 seiu local pension funds from 1996 through 2006. i m guessing it s worse than this now. here they are.
united healthcare workers east, had to reopen all of their contracts for 145,000 members two years early. gave up all the raises, reduced the benefit for future hires. so on the union could plug the massive gaping pension hole. wouldn t it be great if they could just get some sort of healthcare that could take care of all of this? in 2007, they only had 74% of the assets needed to pay its benefits. then you have these, the bigger plans operated for the teamsters. altogether they have 59% of the reserves necessary to cover the pensions. 26 funds at the food workers union. 58%. seven locals of the united brotherhood of carpenters, 67%. take a look at funded ratio of 13 seiu local pension funds from 1996 through 2006. i m guessing it s worse than this now.
republicans, supported by a lot of democrats. could really, i think, give the president a lot of bipartisan street credibility. bill: we ll talk about that in a moment here. a lot of other topics, too. you mentioned the union leader. here is the united brotherhood of carpenters during the meeting. it is my understanding the cameras left the room and mr. trump called them back in and said the following. watch. the address on friday was a great middle class address. it hit home for the people that have been hurting. you said it, the people here in washington have made elite. the working class people had to hear something like that and at that venue being up there at your inauguration and laying it down. bill: what does that do for the characterization of how you begin your term when you ve got democratic leaders there on the same day and union leaders, as