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Email: Freelancers Union "Truly Sorry" For Insurance Misfire

The Freelancers Union—whose ranks include non-staff writers and photographers—issued another sincere apology this afternoon via email for badly-communicated changes to member insurance earlier this month. "The past six weeks have been some of the toughest in Freelancers Union's history," it reads. Funny, union members were just saying the same thing about the last six weeks of their lives! Email after the jump. More »

5:29 PM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Maggie
1,902 views, 13 comments

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Freelancers Union Founder Apologizes For 'Glitches'

Freelancers Union founder Sara Horowitz wants everyone to calm the hell down please! "Health insurance is so central to a sense of security and I realize that this is making people feel really vulnerable, but if they could just know one thing, it's that they really do have health insurance coverage," she told us when we spoke to her this afternoon about the hue and cry raised by the union's membership over a recent change in their benefits. Passing Damage Control 101 with fairly flying colors, Horowitz copped to mishandling how the details of the union's recent health plan switch were circulated to members. "People are clearly frustrated. We really truly apologize for some of these glitches," she said. "It's really our obligation and for a lot of people, we've failed." More »

4:45 PM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Maggie
1,209 views, 9 comments

Latest by atipofthehat: Maggie, when you finish fixing healthcare, please shame the world leaders into making peace for everyone. PS Also, could you reduce our dependence on oil? Thanks! more »