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| Julian Friedman: Hospital Maintenance Man, United Public Workers, Early Local 237 Member |
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Julian Friedman, went to work as a laborer for the New York City Housing Authority in 1949. In 1951 he passed the maintenance man test and was hired at Bellevue Hospital, where he remained until he retired in 1984, serving a brief stint as shop steward.News & Views
| Celebrate Social Security’s 75th Birthday |
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Protect. Preserve. Pass It On. Seventy-five years ago, on August 14, 1935, amid the devastation of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. As he signed the bill, FDR said: If the Senate and the House of Representatives in this long and arduous session had done nothing more than pass this bill, the session would be regarded as historic for all time. The significance of the new social insurance program, says the Social Security Administration’s Social Security Online history (www.ssa.gov), was “that it sought to address the long-range problem of economic security for the aged through a contributory system in which the workers themselves contributed to their own future retirement benefit by making regular payments into a joint fund.” Read Full Story |
Retiree Division Events and Announcements
View photos from Local 237's 2010 Founders Day celebration.
Watch video highlights of Local 237's 2010 Founders Day celebration.
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"Retired From Work, Not From The Union" The Retiree Division is 8,000-strong, and growing. Local 237 retirees span six decades, ranging in age from 35 to 95. Just under 90 percent are men, most are married, and hundreds have young children. About 85 percent are in the New York area, but Local 237 retirees live in 48 states and Washington, DC, and in nearly a dozen countries and U.S. territories. Local 237 Oral History Project Get Involved - Contact the Retiree Division to join Retiree DRIVE Citywide and Housing MembersLocal 237 retirees served the city of New York faithfully for years and helped build Local 237 into a powerful force. They are responsible for many of the benefits city employees enjoy today. Retirement Benefits for Long Island and Javits Members Long Island Members
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