News and Views
US Casualty Rate in Iraq Worst Since Fallujah!
"The September figure represents the fourth largest casualty rate since the US and UK invasion in the spring of 2003 and the largest since November 2004 when US forces were involve...
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Pre-Merger AT&T Annual Enrollment 2007 Facts!
We have just received the information below from AT&T. "This is to inform you that the 2007 Pre-Merger AT&T Benefit Enrollment for bargained employees is from October 5th through O...
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Jeremiah F. "Jerry" McDevitt, Former Local 5050 Vice-President
I read the following death notice this morning. Please share this information with all members and retirees. Download PDF file for more information....
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AT&T Open Enrollment and Benefit Changes!
To prepare for Open Enrollment and the benefit changes effective 1/1/07 the Company will be mailing a Benefits Update this coming week (9/28/06). Open Enrollment packages will be m...
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As Traditional Plans Decline, Workers Face a Less Certain Future
Sean Schuback, a 15-year veteran of Verizon, arrived at work one morning last December to unsettling news: A company e-mail sent the night before announced that the telecommunicati...
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How to Pick the Right Financial Planner
Consumers should interview at least three prospective planners, preferably face to face, before settling on one. In addition to explaining how they might meet your individual needs...
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Labor Day Thought!- Workers And Managers By: David Manet
"The Bush Administration is the American corporation run wild. Management has broken the union (the union, here, is the electorate), and the workers, as happens periodically, have ...
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Detroit Rookie Justin Verlander Makes His Pitch!
He talks like a kid raised on the principles of Local 2201, and maybe that's because Justin Verlander spent countless hours in a stroller on picket lines. His father, Richard, was ...
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When Will Bush Admit The Obvious About Iraq?
"Supporters of the administration warn that if we leave now, things will get far worse. That may be. But we are not going to remain in Iraq forever, and there is no reason to think...
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Bush Must Negotiate to Make America Safer!
"That seems strange since Ronald Reagan was willing to negotiate with the Soviets even though they were the 'Evil Empire," said retired Lt. General Robert Guard, who served as spec...
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