Is the NWU offering medical insurance again?
Posted By: diddles on 2005-12-22
In Reply to: Union for MTs - nn
I had great insurance at a great rate through them years and years ago, then they dropped it because the cost was prohibitive. If they are offering it again, I applaud them. They are a good union and very unconfrontational, well spoken (guess that's a mute point, eh?) but still don't have the big bucks it would take to promote the MT industry on the level that is needed. Almost every American MT would need to join and NWU would need to find a lobbying group to help.
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Or else the company is offering
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NM
And yet, ANOTHER company offering
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