PEP September 2003: Table of Contents

Table of Contents

		Frontline
		Editorial: Bargaining — at the table and in the streets Wage talks restart Sept. 15 Training scheduled for DC 37 delegates
		Political Action
		2003 Albany victories set record
		Health Watch
		Prilosec: No prescription means no coverage by benefit National drug crisis squeezes union benefit: Industry profits on your plan High prices chew into DC 37 plan
		Services
		Child care subsidies now available downtown 100 union members earn degrees at CNR Audiology is moving to Chambers Street SAPIS use mock trial to teach students about drugs Annuity Fund: costs down, earnings up Theater Works for budding actors and writers
		More News
		DC 37 mourns friend and ally James Davis, slain at City Hall Local 1505 members win two grievances 7 Parks officers share $100,000 award Arbiter awards $18,000 to Local 1549 member Protecting members from Workplace Violence CCRB investigators fight for competitive civil service status Coping with layoffs Union saves jobs at Historic Richmond Town Union helps laid-off members First-round victory in SCA lawsuit IRS owes millions in back taxes Clean Water, Safe Water Insurance reimbursement to DC 37 for 9/11 losses tops $6 million McEntee installs Rodriguez as AFSCME VP Two DC 37 Retirees Association leaders Audrey Iszard and Norman Davis win awards
		Events
		Labor Day Parade 2003 African American Day Parade Rally For Immigrant Rights Asian Heritage Celebration: Diverse cultures on display "Christmas in July" for shelter children
		Media Beat
		An immigrant laborer’s American dream dies with him on a construction site Book Talk: Civil War draft riots
		*One of 125,000 Everyday Heroes*
		Lifeguard Javier Rodriguez