The Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund, administered by the
Cleveland Foundation, is now accepting applications for the 2010-2011
academic year. Applications must be postmarked by April 30, 2010.
Awards will be announced by June 15, 2010.

The election of Republican Scott Brown in yesterday's
Massachusetts Senate special election to fill Ted Kennedy's seat
has thrown final passage of any health care legislation into
some doubt, as the election leaves Democrats one vote short of
overcoming a Republican filibuster.

CWA leadership, locals and our members have led the opposition to the excise tax. From the start, CWA leaders made it clear that a tax on workers’ health care was the wrong way to finance health care reform. We fought against this plan in the Senate and supported our friends in the House of Representatives who outlined better ways to finance health care reform. We supported Connecticut House Representative Joe Courtney in obtaining 190 signatures on a letter opposing the excise tax.

The official announcement is made and the calculators are programed at Fidelity. The 2010 GATT rate is 4.31% and is obviously an increase from our current 2009 rate of 4.0%.

From: "CWA/NETT Academy

Now is the time. Are you ready?

* Networking skills are in demand and in short supply
* Take the next step to stay ahead of the curve
* Through 2010 CWA will pay your exam fees

1)With the new contract will we still have the ability to designate a portion of our pay into a Health Care Reimbursement account as we do now?
2) Considering the latest IRS ruling will we be able to split HRA funding between Pre-Tax and Post-Tax?

I will put questions and answers in this article for Legacy T retirees.

Current Pre Medicare, Post 1993 Retirees: will really have the choice of three options; not two. While the Chart (see the link titled "Plan Designs for Eligible Retired Employees"at the top of our home page) given out at the Presidents Explanation Meeting is not necessarily wrong; it leads you to believe that "only" the PPO/Non PPO is offered as the current regional medical plan and that IS NOT TRUE.

I am sorry the Q&A article was deleted and can not be recovered. This is a new start. Please send question to me through the contact us link on this site.

Senate Democrats launched a new website today with an online petition calling for action to secure $138.9 million for Michigan's unemployed workers. The site can be found through the caucus website at:


www.senate.michigan.gov/dem/helpmiworkers