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Healthcare premiums automatically deducted from payroll and/or pension checks (see Note) are pre-tax deductions, unless the participant requests the deductions be made post-tax. Participants who wish to have their healthcare premiums deducted on a post-tax basis will have to elect the post-tax option during Annual Enrollment.

The link below will direct you to the 2010 Benefits Preview for Mobility members, which they will receive shortly. When we have the Open Enrollment dates, we will let you know.

http://files.cwa-union.org/national/att/2010Mobility_revised.pdf

Puerto Rico newspaper workers who were pushed out of their jobs at El Vocero in July and replaced by non-union employees continue to picket their building and offices of local politicians who are channeling U.S. stimulus fund to the union-busting publisher.

Comcast workers' fight for fair contracts and a union voice was taken on by 2,500 AFL-CIO convention delegates who signed a CWA petition to educate elected officials, community leaders and activists in their hometowns about Comcast's attack on workers' rights.

President Barack Obama promised AFL-CIO convention delegates that he was dedicated to rebuilding America's middle class by giving workers and unions the tools to rebuild a strong labor movement.