The CORRE Annual Meeting will be held on Monday, November 2, at 2:00 p.m. at the Heritage Fellowship Church in Oak Ridge. All retirees are urged to attend this important annual meeting. Be sure to look for the AGRE display in the lobby!
The next AGRE Monthly Meeting is Thursday, November 5, at 6:00 p.m. These monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 133 Raleigh Road, Oak Ridge.
Several grandfathered employees stopped by to talk with AGRE representatives Teresa Riggs, Dwight Morrow, and Eva Graves at the BJC Health and Safety Day on September 17. Those who provided contact information will be included on future AGRE distributions.
Pete Peterson gave an AGRE presentation to the CORRE board members at their September monthly meeting. The presentation included details on the formation of AGRE, the primary objectives of the organization, and information on the grandfathered employee pension plan and health and welfare trust. Of particular interest to the CORRE Board members were the high medical premiums that BJC retirees are paying, in comparison to the retiree rates for the X-10 and Y-12 retirees.
BJC is reviewing responses from United Health Care, Aetna, Cigna, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the companies who responded to their Request for Information (RFI). A decision on the medical provider for 2010 should be announced in the near future.
AGRE Actions Committee members are continuing to meet with BJC Human Resources personnel and government officials on ongoing issues regarding grandfathered pension and benefits.
2 comments:
Due to a schedulng conflict, I am unable to attend the Oak Ridge "grandfathered workers" (GFW) event. Do the actions of BJC in Oak Ridge, Tenn. apply to the Paducah GFW at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP)? Since the DOE PPPO (DOE Paducah and Portsmouth Lexington Office Officials) have promoted the removal of "GFW" (as the evidence will confirm), How can the Paducah GFW be protected through the AGRE program in Oak Ridge?
If I can understand better the roles and agendas, I will be more than happy to lead the Paducah GFW efforts and join in the goals of AGRE, especially since the failure of DOE to protect GFW at the PGDP will be under a "spot light" in the upcoming DOL ERA hearing in the Western District of U.S. Federal Court in Paducah, Ky., sheduled to begin February 2, 2010.
If AGRE will monitor the federal proceedings in Paducah, they will better understand who the real adversries are!
I would love to talk further with Teressa Riggs, one of my former Martin Marietta, Locheed Martin, Bechtel Jacobs Company co-workers. The sick nuclear workers NIOSH meetings scheduled to begin in Paducah November 2nd must take precedence at this time.
For all of those GFW workers that are interested, Senator Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning have both been made fully aware of the abuses of Paducah GFW and support my efforts to hold those accountable for their adverse employment actions, especially since they were provided evidence in advance of the pending DOL ERA hearing, that constitute adverse employment actions against GFW's in Paducah.
It is the intention of CES, LLC to post these DOL ERA proceedings on the CES Web Site at www.commonwealthenvironmentalservices.com. ON A DAILY BASIS!
Gary S. Vander Boegh
"Grandfathered PGDP Worker Advocate, EEOICPA Advocate, &
Vice President- Commonwealth Environmental Services, LLC"
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Gary S.Vander Boegh
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