Summary of April's Union meeting

Some of the topics discussed at the April Union meeting were as follows:

Proposed changes in the age of retirement for Municipal Employees.
!!! This new law, if passed, would only affect employees who are not vested as of July 1, 2008.
The changes would be
1 Must be age 59 with 29 years of service.
2 Must be 65 with less than 29 years of service.
THERFORE, you could no longer retire at 58 with 10 years on the job, you must now work till the age of 65.

Job openings in the Town.

The hiring of Part time employees.

The 32 Annual AFSCME convention.

The raising of our Union dues to meet the minimum set forth by AFSCME.
Dues will be going up as of July 1, 2008.

The filing of IRS forms for Unions who have less than $25,000.00 in the bank.

Our Union's EIN ( Employee identification number).

The winner of the gift card to J & D's was Arlene Morris.