From: Nigel.Allen@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Nigel Allen)
Subject: Oak Hill School: Union To Go After Aetna to Help End Strike
Organization: Echo Beach
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 07:55:04 GMT

Here is a press release from the Service Employees International Union.

 Union To Go After Aetna Coast-to-Coast to Help End Strike
 To: National and Assignment desks
 Contact: Jerry Brown of the Service Employees International Union,
          203-549-1199

   News Advisory:

   Delegations of workers and leaders from the million-member Service
Employees International Union will call on offices of Aetna Life and
Casualty in 25 cities on Thursday, Aug. 27, delivering copies of a
letter requesting that Aetna's president and CEO and the Aetna board
of directors meet with members of District 1199-SEIU who are part of
a seven-week-old strike of 650 healthcare workers at Oak Hill School
for the blind and mentally retarded in Hartford, Conn.
   The union is requesting the meeting because three Aetna executives
who sit on the board of directors for Oak Hill School have refused to
meet with the striking workers.
   Oak Hill School is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious
institutions for the blind and mentally-retarded.  District 1199-SEIU
is an aggressive local union of mostly female, mostly minority,
historically underpaid service workers and its parent union is the
fourth largest and fastest growing union in the AFL-CIO and the
biggest union of healthcare workers in North America.
   Locations of the Aetna offices and the names and telephone numbers
of SEIU local union contacts are as follows:

 AETNA OFFICE LOCATION       SEIU PRESS CONTACT      TELEPHONE #

 151 Farmington Ave.         Jerry Brown             203-549-1199
 Hartford, Conn.

 150 4th Ave., N.            Paula Degnan            615-227-5070
 Nashville, Tenn.

 1585 Kapiolani Blvd. #1401  Georialynn Dainard      808-834-7176
 Honolulu, Hawaii

 745 Atlantic Ave.           Enid Eckstein           617-426-0410
 Boston, Mass.               Nancy Cross             617-426-4075

 1130 Connecticut Ave., NW   Lenore Friedlander      202-789-8282
 Washington, D.C.

 Two Chatham Center          Tom Hoffman             412-828-5100
 Pittsburgh, Pa.

 18 Corporate Woods Rd.      Dave Patrick            518-489-4749
 Albany, N.Y.

 50 Holden St.               Pat Quinn               401-273-8140
 Providence, R.I.            Trish Dumont            401-273-7800

 3 Piedmont Center, #300     Frank Banks             404-874-2212
 Atlanta, Ga.

 230 W. Monroe               Phoebe Tupper           312-427-7637
 Chicago, Ill.

 150 S. 5th St.              Holly Rodin             612-331-4690
 Minneapolis, Minn.

 7301 College Overland Pk.   Sherwin Carroll         816-931-9100
 Kansas City, Mo.

 400 Renaissance Ctr.        Mike Salmon             313-965-9352
 Detroit, Mich.

 One City Place Dr.          Bill Stodghill          314-534-1710
 St. Louis, Mo.

 Skylight Office Tower       Ann Hill                216-566-0192
 660 W. 2nd St.
 Cleveland, Ohio

 525 Vine St.                Jeffery Battle          513-861-7797
 Cincinnati, Ohio

 Wilshire Blvd.              John Tanner             213-588-9242
 Los Angeles, Calif.

 1 Montgomery St.            Sal Roselli             510-251-1250
 San Francisco, Calif.

 1501 4th St.                Marc Earls              206-448-7348
 Seattle, Wash.

 3131 Camino Del Rio North   Lois Balfour            619-560-0151
 San Diego, Calif.

 200 SW Market               Rich Peppers            503-230-9231
 Portland, Ore.

 1515 E. Tropicana Ave.      Guillermo Brzostowski   702-386-8849
 Las Vegas, Nev.

 7979 E. Tufts Ave.          Bill Freeman            415-474-2604
 Denver, Colo.

 2 World Trade Center #3500  Susan McQuade           212-571-7130
 New York City, N.Y.
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