Union With Labor Dispute of Its Own Threatened To Cut Off Workers’ Health Benefits By Phil Galewitz Updated July 26, 2024 Originally Published July 26, 2024

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/nea-national-education-association-union-threatens-health-insurance-benefit-lockout/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8iGIGege268wlkSH0w1HLLWIvc9_7ZfE1Z7eX50olzo7wRyrESD0pgZ0UHUMa033lf9PRTLu5tdOTM1cytl8WKYdVbeg&_hsmi=317496382&utm_content=317496382&utm_source=hs_email Union With Labor Dispute of Its Own Threatened to Cut Off Workers’ Health Benefits By Phil Galewitz The National Education Association, the nation’s largest union, told striking workers that their health coverage would be cut off Aug. 1 absent a deal on a new contract. Tensions have mounted after staff disrupted the union’s convention, at which President Joe Biden had been scheduled to speak.