Merck Union Retirees' Club

06/14/2026

By David Brandolph Over the past decade, many states have started mandatory auto-IRA programs to give private-sector workers whose employers don’t sponsor a retirement plan an opportunity to easily save for retirement at their workplace. A study published by the Center for Retirement Research at B...

06/14/2026

A fast-growing Texas manufacturer is making a major bet on Harleysville, bringing 300 jobs to Montgomery County as demand for data center infrastructure continues to surge. Click here to read 👉 https://ebx.sh/hEWDPi

06/14/2026

06/14/2026

On this day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution declaring the creation and design of the U.S. flag. It proclaimed “that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."
May the flag forever wave over our nation, proudly protected by Veterans who have bravely fought for our freedom.

06/14/2026

The House has approved the Faster Labor Contracts Act, a bill that would force employers to the table to negotiate union contracts, and if a deal isn’t reached within 90 days, federal mediators can intervene. https://n.pr/4e1hZ5r

06/14/2026

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06/14/2026

Join us for the next Teaching Tuesday class - Winning Past Practice Grievances – on June 16.

Learn how you can win more past practice grievances by knowing how to identify a binding practice, prove it with solid evidence, and shut down management’s favorite defenses. We will examine real-world scenarios so you can learn the tests arbitrators use and leave with practical tools to turn unwritten shop traditions into enforceable rights.

Register here: http://usw.to/teachingtuesday

06/14/2026

Trump's Medicaid work requirement creates a sea of red tape for disadvantaged people who need health care. Trump and the GOP slashed Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion — and gave a $1 trillion tax cut to the wealthiest 1% of Americans. Democrats Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders

06/14/2026

Defendants in the suit include the Department of Health and Human services, its secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.