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Creditable Coverage Disclosure Notice - 2009
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October 10, 2008
Each year Hewitt is required to mail Creditable Coverage Disclosure notices to Medicare-eligible Retirees and/or their dependents. Unfortunately, the Company did not make arrangements to have Hewitt send our office an advance copy of the notice again this year.
CWA Joins Blue Green Alliance to Build Green Jobs, Economy
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October 9, 2008
CWA is joining the Steelworkers, the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council as part of the Blue Green Alliance that is working to create good "green" jobs that help solve the problems of global warming.
AIG Celebrates $85 Billion Bailout with Luxury Retreat for Execs
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October 9, 2008
Just days after American taxpayers forked over $85 billion to bail out the American International Group (AIG), the company sent executives on a $440,000 retreat complete with luxury spa treatments, golf, $200,000 worth of lavish hotel rooms and $150,000 in meals.
Million Member Mobilization Nears 100,000 Signers
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October 9, 2008
Cards from CWAers signing on to the Million Member Mobilization for Employee Free Choice neared 100,000 as of Oct. 6, with number of supporters reaching 97,842.
GM Refuses IUE-CWA Efforts to Keep Moraine, Ohio, Plant Open
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October 9, 2008
Rejecting the efforts of IUE-CWA to negotiate a way to save a General Motors assembly plant in Moraine, Ohio, the company has announced it will shut down the plant and lay off the final 1,400 workers two days before Christmas.