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Retiree Health Care Connect UAW Retiree Benefits Trust http://resources.hewitt.com/rhcc/

Health Care Reform animated video from the Kaiser Network:

http://healthreform.kff.org/the-animation.aspx

UAW main http://www.uaw.org/

UAW Made Products http://www.uaw.org/node/88

UAW/GM Joint Activities & Employee Placement Servicehttps://www.uawgmjas.org

AFL-CIO http://www.afl-cio.org/

National Education Association http://www.nea.org/

Indiana State Teachers Association http://www.ista-in.org/

Local and Regional benefit reps: Contacts

U.S. Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/

American Civil Liberties Union http://www.aclu.org/

Social Security http://www.ssa.gov/   

MEDCO https://host1.medcohealth.com/consumer/site/home

Fidelity net benefits https://login.fidelity.com/ftgw/Fidelity/NBPart/Login/Init?AuthRedUrl=https://workplaceservices300.fidelity.com/NBHome.html

Vanguard https://personal.vanguard.com/us/home

NLRA data for violations of workers' rights http://www.workingamerica.org/jobtracker/

Union activist labor movement http://www.labornotes.org/

Sociallly responsible workplaces http://www.nlcnet.org/

 Factory Rat http://www.factoryrat4now.com/

 Warriors of Labor http://www.warriorsoflabor.com/

 Met Life http://www.metlife.com/   

 Soldiers of Solidarity http://www.soldiersofsolidarity.co

  Pension Benefit Guaranty http://www.pbgc.gov/about/pensionend.html        

GM Socrates - Retirees http://www.gmretiree.com/

Delta Dental http://www.deltadentalin.com/PublicWeb/appmanager/portal/desktop

Target discount drug website http://sites.target.com/site/en/health/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-040589

   

Wal-Mart discount drug website http://i.walmartimages.com/i/if/hmp/fusion/customer_list.pdf

Protect Serniors.org Non-Governmental Advocacy Organizations

Alliance for Retired Americans - The mission of the Alliance for Retired Americans is to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens so that they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal and family fulfillment and security.

Medicare Rights Center - Excellent source of Medicare information and assistance in the United States.

National Committee To Preserve Social Security & Medicare: "Arial">The Pension Rights Center - 30 years experience protecting and promoting retirement security and is the country’s only consumer organization dedicated solely to protecting and promoting the retirement security of American workers, retirees, and their families.

News and Information

American Retiree - The premier online magazine for seniors.

Kaiser Network - News on national health policy issues.

SeniorJournal.Com - Senior citizens news and information daily on the Web.

Social Security and Disability Resource Center - Links to online Social Security and disability information.

Benefits Resources

Benefits CheckUp - A service to screen benefits for seniors.

Benefitnews.com - A complete online resource for benefits and HR professionals.

Benefits Link - Provides free information and tools for benefit plan sponsors, service-providers and participants.

Prescription Drugs - Provides information on Medicare and other prescription drugs.

UAW Legal Services Plan: http://www.uawlsp.com/theplan.asp

Who is covered under the Plan? Approximately 700,000 employees and retirees of various companies represented by the UAW have negotiated a legal service benefit. Each group is a legally separate organization, but all are jointly operated:

  UAW-GM Legal Services Plan
  UAW-Ford Legal Services Plan
  UAW-Chrysler LLC Legal Services Plan
  UAW-Allison Transmission Legal Services Plan
  UAW-American Axle Legal Services Plan
  UAW-Delphi Legal Services Plan
  UAW-Employees Legal Services Plan
  UAW-Staff Legal Services Plan