Remembering Ron Carey 7 Years After His Vindication
By Tim Sylvester, Local 804 Steward
The purpose of this website is to unite the members of Local 804 through speaking the plain truth. Some people like the truth and others fear it. Regardless, we will report it. When our history has been neglected or just ignored, we will […]
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The Cost of Living in Metro New York is up 5.4 percent compared to one year ago, according to a new report released by the Department of Labor on Sept. 16.Since last August, fuel and utility prices in our area are up 23.7 percent.
No wonder that 35¢ on Aug. 1 didn’t feel like much. And […]
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Was Members’ Money Used to Pay for Approval Rating Poll?
By Tim Sylvester
“How am I doin’?” Mayor Ed Koch used to ask that all the time. It was kind of his signature line. As an elected official, it was good for him to know where he stood with the voters.
Koch’s question didn’t cost New Yorkers […]
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Local 804 officials are responding to our report on the Health Fund by telling members that the Fund did not “lose” $18 million; it just “spent” $18 million more than it took in!
Accountants call that losing money-and so do the fund’s own financial reports. Local 804 members deserve more than word games-especially when our health […]
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Watch the Video! Fast Forward to the 6-Minute Mark.
In his “Letter from the President” in this month’s 804 News, Howie Redmond wrote, “We can proudly say that we are taking care of business in the one area that we are responsible for—the union contract.”
Taking care of business: that’s right. And the name of that business […]
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After violating federal law for more than four months, the Local 804 Pension Fund finally responded to members’ legal requests for documents from our pension fund. But our fund continues to violate the Pension Protection Act by refusing to turn over the most important documents that members requested.
What are our trustees hiding and when will […]
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Local 804 Members United is holding informational meetings in Queens and Long Island to bring together Local 804 members who want to get informed, get involved and bring the pride and power back to Local 804.
Click here to download a leaflet for the Queens meeting, Sat., July 12 at 10 am.
Click here to download a […]
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While members’ eyes have been on our local’s pension problems, our Health Fund has lost at least half its assets in just five years.
Research by Local 804 Members United reveals that the Local 804 Health Fund has lost nearly $18 million since June 2003. Just five years ago, the Fund had more than $32 million […]
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When members hear that our Health Fund lost nearly $18 million or 55 percent of its assets from 2002 to 2007, the first thing they ask is: What happened to the money?
The first answer is Local 804 officials did not make sure there was enough money going into the plan. Healthcare costs are rising sharply. […]
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Our Local 804 Executive Board never reported to the membership that our Health Fund had lost nearly $18 million or that millions of dollars had been diverted from the Health Fund to the Pension Fund.
Local 804 Members United uncovered this information by reviewing the Fund’s own financial data as reported to the Department of Labor […]
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