Joe Maniscalco reports on the Chelsea Elliott Fulton housing crisis and we report on the Trump Administration Government shutdown and its impact on the federal workers and air travel.

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TWU Local 100 Retirees

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Bil Schmidtknecht talks to us about his advocacy for patients fighting Pharmacy Benefit Managers skyrocketing costs of life saving drugs making them unaffordable and costing his son Cole, his life.

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John Feeney, a lifetime of service in Plumbers Local 1, NYC

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October 13, 2025, Guests: NYCHA Housings Advocates for the Chelsea Elliot Fulton Community

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Taysha should not be working full time at a deficit and not be able to be a mom to her two beautiful babies. After hearing her story, please email the Office of Labor Relations: email them here, and demand they pay EMS a livable wage and then call City Council and demand the same! Find your councilmember here. The next Mayor must protect those who protect us! We need our first responders! Post below any responses you receive!

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Follow the money they say. This one was easy. We follow the paper trail.. and the Videos. And Board Minutes.

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Listen to John describe his expansive Work history and Labor Relations, being put into Aetna Medicare Advantage and having the insurance company deny the treatment his doctor was doing in the operating room so the doctor had to stop. He has lasting limitation to his shoulder now.

Joe updates us on the Procurement Policy Board’s lack of transparency and the fight of the Chelsea Fulton Elliot Housing Seniors to keep their homes.

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The Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization of unions, made decisions to implement massive medical costs on former #union members to finance raises in contracts that don’t benefit retirees. Her union, the #UFT United Federation of Teachers, #AFLCIO put Margaret in medical debt. Listen to her story.

The Joe Maniscalco from Work-Bites gives us an update on the #NYCHA Chelsea Elliot houses struggle with their seniors being kicked out of their apartments

September 29,2025

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Why was the UFT Healthcare Committee of about 80-100 members allowed to review the redacted contract for the active/pre Medicare retiree health plan known as the NYCE PPO for TWO HOURS and the other 101 unions in the MLC did not have that opportunity? And those who did, had an hour and last minute notice?

Why are we rushing again? Why weren’t other unions this impacts who are NOT in the MLC, not given any notice of this new plan either?

Transparent? Democratic? No.

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