As discussed in our meetings last year and in order to increase attendance and participation of ALL Local 810 members, we will be conducting our meetings on Sunday mornings throughout 2020. We hope to see all those that couldn’t attend our weekday evening meetings due to scheduling conflicts, overtime distribution, family responsibilities and or NYC traffic. We will have coffee, breakfast and stickers. If you’re a Shop Steward, make sure to attend!!!
Local 810 President Mike Smith and Field Representative Matt Scher traveled out to Iowa to meet with Teamster General President Jim Hoffa as well as some Presidential candidates to discuss Labor and the ongoing Pension crisis in this country. See the full story at https://teamster.org/magazine/2020/01/spring
“Good organizing and outreach from colleagues helped change my mind about the need for a union at Vox Media specifically. But so did approaching the research on unions the same way I would any topic in my reporting: by looking at the data and talking to experts.
Research suggests that unions have their biggest effects from density. When more people are part of a union, unions don’t just boost their workers’ wages and benefits; they also lift up those they don’t represent.”
Continue reading here:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/8/19/20727283/unions-good-income-inequality-wealth
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and a longtime proponent of increasing retirement savings, introduced his first bill of the new congressional session Wednesday that focuses on aiding multiemployer pension plans: https://www.pionline.com/article/20190110/ONLINE/190119982/bipartisan-bill-looks-to-help-struggling-multiemployer-plans
In its first action in the 116th Congress, the House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bipartisan bill that would channel loans to collectively bargained pensions destined for insolvency: https://www.benefitspro.com/2019/01/14/rehabilitation-for-multiemployer-pensions-act-introduced-in-house/
PAFCU is a not-for-profit financial cooperative. They exist solely to serve their members. That’s why we are able to offer our union members better-than bank rates on loans and deposits, with no fees to open or maintain accounts.
You only need $5.00 to open a Savings Account and no minimum to open a Checking Account! PAFCU’s goal is to build and grow relationships with every credit union member and provide them with a better way to bank, save, invest, set financial goals and achieve overall financial wellness. As a preferred member, you will receive exclusive benefits such as:
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