International Operating Engineer - Summer 2016

Healthcare
The Doctor is Now In, Down at the Local Union Hall
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MEMBERS OF IUOE LOCAL 101 now have a new option
for their healthcare, their union hall. The Union Health and
Wellness Center is open to the Local’s 4,500 members as
well as their dependents and about 450 retirees. The Local
encompasses 56 counties in Missouri and all of Kansas.
Local 101 partnered with North Kansas City-based Cerner
Corp., a health care information technology company, to run
the health center.
Members can see a primary care physician for physicals,
immunizations, tests and other medical needs. It’s the first
health care center for a building trades union in the Kansas
City area. The center will be free for eligible users and there
are plans to add a pharmacy to the clinic.
The 5,500-square-foot center has three rooms ready for
consultations and exams.
Stacie Totta, Cerner’s
director of population health
services, said staff members
at the facility will learn what
ailments are common among
operating engineers. Once
they have that information,
they can adjust the health
center to meet more specific
needs.
Totta said union members
can expect little to no wait
time. The Cerner model for
on-site health centers revolves
around the patients, and the
focus is on prevention.
General President
Callahan spoke at the center’s
opening. He said he sees great
potential in the memberfocused
health center.
has seen centers like it. The former Kansas governor said
companies have found that on-site centers save money in the
long run. Another benefit is healthier employees.
“If it’s not convenient and it’s not easy, people will wait
until there’s a crisis and then they’ll go to the doctor,” Sebelius
said. “The easy choice should be the healthy choice, and
that’s what this will be. It will make it far easier for people to
actually do preventive care and take care of their own health.”
But convenience isn’t the only factor. General President
Callahan said Operating Engineers are the hardest people to
get to the doctor.
“We are all supposed to be macho and not go to the doctor
until we have to,” he said. “When there’s an incentive there to
get them, that’s how you can check these things out.”
Nabisco/Mondelēz is slashing good middle-class American jobs and shipping them to Mexico.
Do YOU know if your favorite Nabisco products are MADE IN MEXICO?
Nabisco/Mondelēz has plants in Monterrey and Salinas, Mexico where low-wage workers, in
workplaces with lax regulatory standards, are producing Nabisco products.
Make sure your family only purchases Nabisco snacks made by your fellow American workers.
CHECK THE LABEL on the back of every Nabisco package (near the expiration date and UPC
code) before you purchase.
There are TWO ways to tell if your Nabisco snacks are
1
Check for the words “Made in Mexico”
MADE IN MEXICO:
2
Check the plant identification code:
DO NOT BUY:
MM = Monterrey, Mexico
MS = Salinas, Mexico
DO BUY:
AE = Chicago
AH = Portland, Ore.
AP = Fairlawn, N.J.
AX = Atlanta
AZ = Richmond, Va.
XL = Naperville, Ill.
DO NOT BUY Nabisco products made in Mexico and tell your grocery
manager to stock ONLY AMERICAN-MADE Nabisco/Mondelēz snacks!
“This thing is going to grow
because of the fact that it’s
their organization, their union
and their wages that pay into it,” he said. “I see this being
the model that will be duplicated all around the country,”
Callahan said.
[L to R] General President James T. Callahan, former Health and
Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Local 101 Business
Manager Scott Rettig, and Cerner Corp’s Mike Heckman cut the
ribbon at the ceremonial opening the new healthcare center in
Kansas City, Missouri.
LEARN MORE:
www.fightforamericanjobs.org
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