[lbo-talk] Union top Dennis Rivera: "No one throws a party

[Mark Rickling]

It's a pretty silly article. How many "poor" people do you know with a
defined benefit pension plan and an employer-paid full family
healthcare plan?


> Union for poor lives high


> By Douglas Feiden
> Staff Writer, New York Daily News


> The union powerhouse that represents some of the poorest workers in New York
> City

[ . . . ]


>.Clearly, something is working: Local 1199 members enjoy free health care
> benefits, fully funded pension plans, college scholarships, life insurance,
> job guarantees and child-care and home-loan programs.