Benefits

Mar 30, 2011
1 min

Part-Time Health Benefits Initiative

A group of union members has initiated a much-needed awareness campaign to draw attention to the following: 75-80% of Pratt faculty are...

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danthewrightman

Aug 13, 2010
1 min

AETNA and Continuum Reach 3 Year Agreement

2 days after our petition was sent, the two parties had reached a 3-year agreement. Here is the news release from AETNA. The petition...

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danthewrightman

Jul 26, 2010
7 min

Final AETNA petition

The following was sent to 39 parties (see the “CC” list at bottom). We can only keep our fingers crossed that speaking up ultimately...

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danthewrightman

Jul 9, 2010
2 min

Pratt Faculty Potentially Lose Hundreds of Doctors and Several Major Hospitals

Dear Pratt colleagues, The UFCT would like to submit the following letter, inclusive of all faculty and administrators covered by AETNA,...

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danthewrightman

Apr 17, 2010
1 min

What is the role of HR?

I thought this was a useful article from the WSJ about Hr departments and their inherent non-neutrality within companies….Here is the...

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danthewrightman

Jan 9, 2010
1 min

Now Unions are Threatening to Pull Support From a Senate Health Bill that Taxes Employers’ Ben

Showdown with White House imminent. What happened to pulling support from a bill with no public option? It looks like we are dancing the...

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danthewrightman

Dec 17, 2009
1 min

AFL-CIO REACTS TO LATEST DEMOCRATIC COMPROMISES ON HEALTH CARE BILL

Here's the article. The AFL-CIO IS THREATENING NOT TO SUPPORT A BILL WITHOUT A PUBLIC OPTION. –Suzanne

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danthewrightman

Nov 13, 2009
2 min

Article 28.4 (b): Tuition Remission

A benefit enshrined in the Collective Bargaining Unit involves a full-time or adjunct faculty member's ability to follow any course of...

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danthewrightman

Nov 12, 2009
1 min

Health Care Bill Narrowly Passes in House

Good news or bad? Democrats and progressives are all over the map. Here is a range of articles addressing the issue: 1. New York Times...

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danthewrightman

Oct 31, 2009
1 min

Sanders to Push Single Payer in Senate

Bernie Sanders of Vermont will bring a single payer bill to the floor of the Senate this year.

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danthewrightman

Oct 30, 2009
2 min

HR 3962: Affordable Healthcare for America Act

I thought I would spend some time trying to read through the bill just introduced by the House. Purely from a layperson's perspective,...

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danthewrightman

Nov 6, 2008
3 min

Report of November 5 Meeting

MEMBER BENEFITS Two representatives from NYSUT attended our Union meeting on November 5 to explain many of the benefits of Union...

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danthewrightman

Mar 1, 2008
1 min

Union Dues are Tax Deductible

This is just a reminder to union members to deduct union dues from your taxable income when preparing your taxes. –Suzanne Verderber

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danthewrightman

Mar 1, 2008
1 min

Another Great Benefit of Union Membership: Cheap Theater Tickets

The Theater Development Fund offers up to a 70% discount on theater tickets if you are a full-time teacher OR (significantly for our...

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danthewrightman

Feb 19, 2008
1 min

More on Cuomo’s Investigation of Insurers

An editorial in the New York Times points out that the company used to estimate the cost of medical visits, estimates that are in turn...

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danthewrightman

Feb 15, 2008
1 min

Cuomo to Investigate Insurers, Including AETNA

The New York Times has reported that New York's Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating several insurance companies, including...

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danthewrightman

Feb 5, 2008
1 min

AETNA making decisions instead of doctors?

Who makes decisions on how to perform medical procedures, doctors or HMO's? This piece about AETNA demonstrates that doctors have to...

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