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Marianne Pizzitola

NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees

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Is This Really About Retiree Healthcare or About Who Gets to Challenge Unity?

Protecting Retirees Shouldn’t Require Choosing Sides

Listen to Harriet

LISTEN TO HARRIET: When a $15 Co-Pay Means Choosing Between Food and Rent

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Part 2. Dr. Evelyn Jones Rich

Retiree Warrior

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Retired FDNY Firefighter Dan Stromer

He is 100 Years Old and has a message to be shared

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FDNY EMS Lt Anthony Almojera join the Labor & Healthcare Confidential

With Joe Maniscalco from Work-Bites Labor News

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NYC and EmblemHealth Settle Senior Care Co-Pay Class Action for $53Million

One of the Largest Class Action Settlements in City History

Labor & Healthcare Confidential with Marcia Biederman and Joe Maniscalco

July 20, 2026

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Janet Fash, Lifeguard, A Live Story. Lifeguard, Teacher, Author.

Joe and I speak with Janet about her life and career in NYC as a lifeguard. She is seen it all - and even challenged her own union corruption led decades by Peter Stein- "Boss of the Beach"

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June 22, 2026 Claudia Holley, Patient Advocate and Joe Maniscalco, Work-Bites

Hear what the doctors offices experience when you are on a Medicare Advantage Plan or “Co pay maximizer” drug plan like SaveRX or PrudentRX.

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You Can't Create the Divide and Then Blame the People Who Were Harmed by It

Michael Mulgrew says he opposes “division,” yet his own actions created one of the deepest divisions in our union’s history.

The Lesson of the FLSA Fight: Why the New York City Council Should Stand Up for Retirees

The FLSA anniversary was June 13, 1938. The similarites in the Retirees bill are striking - even the enemy.

'Ninja' Phil Cohen - the life of a union organizer and fixer in NYC and the South - Fighting for the Every Day Worker's Rights

Tales of labor organizing and standing up to management and union busting

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June 1, 2026 Andrew Carboy & Matthew McCauley on the 9/11 Health Watch Decision

with Joe Maniscalco on Labor News from Work-Bites

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Teamsters Mobilize! Listen to the Fight to Be Heard in UPS Teamsters NYC

Colleen Donovan a member of UPS Teamsters Local 804 NYC and Jess Lister from Teamsters UPS Union Local 728 - Both from Teamsters Mobilize Steering Committee- join me and Michelle Keller today!

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