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Welcome to the Online Headquarters…for District 1199C and National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Our online headquarters are designed to give you an overview of what we’re all about and to provide you—and your family—with round-the-clock-access to Union information. Effective August 1, 2009, the medical plan carrier for our Benefit Fund's medical plan will change to Aetna. As a result all members will need to complete an Aetna Enrollment form and select an Aetna QPOS PCP for each family member no later than June 30, 2009. Visit the Benefit & Pension Fund website for more information. A national strike on May 1, 1886 (May Day) was largely responsible for forcing employers to accept a demand for an 8 hour workday with no cut in daily pay. Click here to learn more about May Day and the second annual observance in Philadelphia. Worker’s Memorial Day is observed on April 28th of each year. 1199C members attended the day's events in memory of Workers who lost their lives on the job. Click here to read the full article and see pictures of the day's events. A growing, bipartisan coalition of policymakers supports the Employee Free Choice Act, proposed legislation that would ensure that workers have a free choice and a fair chance to form a union. Simply put, the Employee Free Choice Act will allow workers to once again choose to form unions without the fear of being fired. American Rights at Work is a nonprofit advocacy organization whose mission is to support workers' rights to a free choice and a fair chance to join a union. Click here to “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
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BREAKING NEWS JOIN US IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON JUNE 25, 2009 FOR THE MASS HEALTH CARE REFORM LOBBY. REPORT VIOLATIONS MEMBER BENEFITS
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