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Hello, this is Mubarak Abdul-Jabbar, 2nd Vice President of the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association. Thanks for calling the PBA Hotline. WTC Health Screening We are pleased to announce that the PBA, working with other unions, and with the support of Senators Schumer and Clinton, has successfully won funding for the continuation of World Trade Center health screening programs. The federal government has just allocated a total of $81 million dollars to keep a number of health screening programs alive for the future. This includes the Mount Sinai, Long Island College Hospital, Bellvue Hospital programs as well as others. The PBA is convinced that the real damage to the health of our members from the World Trade Center attacks and collapse will not be seen for decades to come. That is why we are urging all of our members who worked at Ground Zero or the Fresh Kills landfill to enroll in one of these health monitoring services. For information on these programs call our Benefits Section at 212-349-7560. Contract On March 8 the PBA filed a Declaration Of Impasse with the State Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). The City responded by challenging that Declaration in writing on March 31. Recently, Pat Lynch and other high ranking members of the PBA met in Albany with Governor Pataki, Speaker Bruno and Minority Leader Silver to explain our officers’ predicament. We expressed our belief that the City is using every stalling tactic possible to delay coming to a settlement with the PBA because it will save them money. We asked for their support in having PERB designate an Impasse so that we can go to binding arbitration. As always, the PBA will keep you informed of progress. Once again, this is Mubarak Abdul-Jabbar, 2nd Vice President of the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association. Thanks for calling the PBA Hotline. |
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14 , 2004
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