PUBLISHED SUN, NOV 12 2023 By: Lorie Konish When Dave Bernstein, 87, started working at the U.S. Postal Service in February 1970, he was making $2.35 an hour. To supplement his income, he also took on other work. Years later, Bernstein decided in 1992 to take a voluntary ...
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IF YOU RECEIVE A LETTER FROM NASCO DO NOT IGNORE IT Important Security Notification. NASCO, (collectively, “NASCO” or “we”), provides claims administration services to health plan customers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. We place a high value on maintaining the privacy and security ...
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Why is Social Security running out of money? Income inequality. As inequality has exploded and the rich have gotten richer, more and more of their income has escaped the cap on the Social Security payroll tax. We should be focused on fixing this, not cutting ...
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In September, we asked you to tell your legislators to avoid a government shutdown by reaching a funding agreement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. At the last moment, they passed an extension that would fund the government and avoid a shutdown until November 17. Although ...
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On Nov. 11, we mark Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada to honor those who served our countries in the military. Instead of honoring our Steelworker siblings who served for just one day, we’re taking the entire of month of ...
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Americans are experiencing the greatest technological transformation of the modern era. Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing how we live, work and communicate.But the future of this technology feels uncertain. Working people are concerned that this technology will make our jobs worse, make us ...
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We’ve been working hard to get HD. 4285 passed in Massachusetts, and we can’t stop now! Let’s continue to rally for our vets! HD. 4285 (usw.to/4me), is a bipartisan bill that would require a standardized workplace posting that includes basic information about veterans’ benefits and programs available to them. ...
Read morePeople across the world know that it’s better in a union. Not only for union members but also for nonunion workers.Unions do more than fight for wages and benefits. They fight to improve the rights of all people.Union members helped create workplace health and safety ...
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Walt Disney Pictures visual effects workers voted to organize under the Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the union announced Tuesday, joining Disney’s Marvel Studios’ VFX members who joined earlier this year. “For so long we’ve wanted the same protections as everyone else, but there was no hope in ...
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David McCall is succeeding Tom Conway as our International President. “We are all mourning a great loss,” McCall said, “but even in our sadness, our union is strong, thanks in large part to Tom’s leadership and vision. Now, we’ll move forward the only way we ...
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It’s Time Congress Gets to Work. Tell Congress to Keep the Government Open! Last week, we sent out an Info Alert explaining how a government shutdown would impact our members, our communities, and our nation. If no action is taken by Congress, then that impact becomes a ...
Read moreTell your State Representative to support HD. 4285! Our nation is home to nearly 21 million veterans of the Armed Forces, four million of whom have served since September 11, 2001. In Massachusetts, 277,814 residents, or five percent of the eighteen and older population, are military veterans. ...
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