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Allstate Agent Group Votes to Affiliate with OPEIU

New York, NY (August 17, 2011) – Members of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA) voted overwhelmingly to affiliate with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO.

Click here to listen to an interview with Jim Fish, Executive Director of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAAPA) about their campaign to affiliate with OPEIU.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress works to bring down the cost of healthcare delivery and reduce the budget deficit, Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have introduced critical legislation that would increase access to podiatric care and save billions of dollars in the process. The Equity and Access for Podiatric Physicians Under Medicaid Act

Nearly 400 workers at HealthNow New York, who have been locked out of their jobs for more than 12 weeks, ratified a new three-year union contract Wednesday, providing for them to return to work by Aug. 1, after a negotiated, paid two-week vacation.

International President Michael Goodwin appeared on “Health Matters” on AM1110 WTBQ radio, an ABC affiliate, Thursday, March 24. The show is hosted by Dr. Michael Wodka, first vice president of the First National Guild of Medical Providers of the Lower Extremity, OPEIU Guild 45.

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