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Saturday, December 19, 2009
The event was well attended by active and retired members of Local 2/289-M.
The local warmly welcomed very special guest speakers:
Greg Nowak, Teamsters Joint Council 43 International Representative
Jim Staethem, GCC Joint Planning Committee Director
A catered, wonderfully delicious holiday luncheon followed the regular meeting. Many thanks to the
office staff, Mary Maybe and Chris Schmidt.
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Teamsters International Rep. Greg Nowak (right
center), spoke on the importance of relations between Joint Council 43 and
District Council 3, on the need for effective union organizing, and on
the importance of the 2010 mid-term election of labor friendly candidates.
Mr. Nowak swore in the 2010 officers of DC3 Local 2/289-M, Rich Youmans, Jim
Corbit, Steve Nobles and Dan Courtney. |
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| GCC Joint Planning Committee Director, Jim Staethem,
spoke on the importance of health care reform. He cited the stats related to
employee and employer ever rising costs for health care. Union employees
(97%) currently fare much better than non-union (57%) for health care
coverage.
For more information, visit:
Health Reform
Families USA: The Voice for Health Care Consumers |
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Our thanks to the Humana health insurance representatives who
attended and were available to answer any questions on health insurance
plans for retirees over 65 and plans for those retirees under 65.
GCC/IBT DC3 Local 2/289-M 2010 Executive Board members were
sworn into office. Former board member, retired Jim Rapp received an
appreciation of service watch. |
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