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 -funds-collective-bargaining-and-the-rising-cost-of-healthcare/
SUMMARY:The Building Service 32BJ Benefit Funds: Collective Bargaining and 
 the Rising Cost of Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this VLERA event!\n\nThe Building Service 32
 BJ Benefit Funds: Collective Bargaining and the Rising Cost of Healthcare\
 nDate and Time\nWednesday\, November 18\, 2026\n7 – 8:15 p.m. Eastern Ti
 me\n\nPresenters\nMike Duffy\nDeputy Director\, SEIU Local 32BJ\nSteve Jen
 kins\nDeputy Executive Director\, 32BJ Benefit Funds\n\nProgram\nThe Build
 ing Service 32BJ Benefit Funds include five separate multi-employer funds 
 that provide a broad range of benefits to more than 185\,000 members and 2
 88\,000 covered lives\, with a combined asset portfolio of approximately $
 10 billion. Each Fund is administered by a joint Board of Trustees compose
 d of Union Trustees and Employer Trustees\, with equal voting power.\nIn t
 his presentation\, we will examine the history of the Building Service 32B
 J Benefit Funds\, including how the Funds developed alongside 32BJ’s eff
 orts over the past 25 years to organize new members and consolidate smalle
 r locals. We will also discuss the impact of rising healthcare costs on co
 llective bargaining and the Funds’ efforts to address these challenges b
 y focusing on hospital pricing in shaping healthcare policy.\n\nLocation\n
 Zoom Link will be provided the day of the presentation.\n\nCost and Regist
 ration\nVLERA Members: Free registration\nNon-Members: $5\nRegister Below\
 n\nPresenter Bios\nSteve Jenkins\nAs Deputy Executive Director for 32BJ Be
 nefit Funds\, Steve Jenkins works with Fund and Department Directors to pl
 an and manage key program objectives. Mr. Jenkins started with 32BJ Funds 
 in January 2018. Prior to joining the Funds he worked for fourteen years f
 or SEIU Local 32BJ in several capacities including Director of Operations 
 and Director of the Contract and Grievance Center. Mr. Jenkins has also wo
 rked with Make the Road New York and The Door’s Legal Services Center. M
 r. Jenkins holds a J.D. from Northeastern University and a B.A. in Film fr
 om the University of Michigan.\nMike Duffy \nMike Duffy has been with SEI
 U Local 32BJ since 2000 and is currently Deputy Director working primarily
  with Union operations outside New York City. Previously\, he was Presiden
 t of SEIU Local 362 in Orlando\, FL and worked was Assistant Director of S
 EIU Occupational Health and Safety Department. He has a Master’s Degree 
 in Public Health from the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill and a
  BS in Health Sciences from Brockport State.
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