Help is available.
Brooklyn Hospital PCT Jacqueline Pedron
“I don’t worry much about my finances,” says Reginald Pittman, who retired from Columbia University in 1987. “Joining 1199 was the best thing I could do to prepare for retirement here in Powellsville, North Carolina. I have a good pension and good healthcare coverage. But that’s not true for all of us.”
Very few 1199ers can claim that they don’t have to count every dollar at the end of the week or the end of the month. It seems as if we’re always a little short.
“I just need advice on how not to live from paycheck to paycheck says David Hitt, a supportive care associate at Jamaica Hospital in Queens. Some members’ financial burdens are heavier.
Members are more than account numbers at the 1199SEIU Credit Union.
The Maimonides HR department alerted me last year that my pay was going to be garnisheed,” says Jacqueline Pedron, a patient care tech at the Brooklyn hospital. I was frightened and didn’t really know what to do.”
Fortunately, Pedron had recently read the newsletter of the 1199SEIU Federal Credit Union. Her attention went to an article about Joseph Romero, a loan specialist at the credit union. She contacted Romero, who was able to help her resolve the payment dispute with AT&T.
Romero has helped many other members with money management problems. Members who are not within traveling distance of the credit union in Manhattan can access the website or visit reputable organizations in their region.
Members are encouraged to join the credit union to take advantage of its programs. Call 212-957-1055. Members also should visit their benefit fund offices as they begin to prepare for retirement.
