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danthewrightman
- 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 18, 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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