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COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA - LOCAL 1302
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
We are approaching the date for our annual membership meeting and would like all members to attend.
The date is Saturday March 7, 2009 at the Holiday Inn Route 1 in Peabody. There
will be a continental breakfast from 9-9:30. The meeting will start at 9:30 sharp. Family members and children welcome. The Local will be sending out postcards as a reminder.
Any
questions call the office or contact an Officer or Executive Board member.
Looking
forward to meeting with you.
In
Solidarity,
Lynda
Nordyke
All members should have received their retroactive reimbursement
for the wage increase in the paycheck dated 1/16/2009 for the week ending 1/10/2009. The company has now started deducting
dues from your paychecks. We are waiting to speak to the International to advise how we are going to handle those
members that are currently in arrears.
If you need to know how much you owe and/or would like to set
up a payment arrangements, please contact Sharon Civittolo or Eva Andrews and they will work with
you. Every member will be responsible to the Local for dues through the week ending 01/03/2009. Payments can be
made via the payment options listed on the website.
Any retirees with questions about their medical coverage, will need to call the benefits department.
Additional Information for Retirees:
FOR PRE-1992 RETIREES:
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT RECEIVED AN ELECTION FORM FROM GEORGIA SCAIFFE I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY
THE INTENT OF THE LETTER.
THIS LETTER IS ADVISING YOU THAT YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF TAKING PART IN THE HRA.
I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND YOU SIGN THE FORM. IF
YOU DO SIGN THAT FORM, YOU ARE WAIVING THE RIGHT TO YOUR FREE MEDICAL BENEFITS AND THIS WILL FORCE YOU TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE HRA. THE HRA IS THE FUND FORMED DURING BARGAINING TO HELP CARE FOR THE COST OF MEDICAL FOR RETIREES THAT ARE
NOW REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THEIR MEDICAL BENEFITS.
Attention:
Information for Retiree Healthcare can be found by clicking the link below.
click here for retiree healthcare info
STAY STRONG, STAY UNITED!
Please be sure to wear your RED on Thursdays!!!!!
Famous Quotes:
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if
Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration"...*Abraham Lincoln*
" . . . Workers have a right to organize into unions and to bargain collectively with their employers, and . . . a strong,
free labor movement is an invigorating and necessary part of our industrial society"...*Dwight D. Eisenhower*
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