Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Cutbacks at Point Beach Nuclear Plant Threaten 22 IBEW Local 2150 (Milwaukee WI) Jobs

From The Milwaukee Sentinal
Point Beach nuclear plant to cut 22 jobs
February 2, 2006
In "Wisconsin Briefing" section

The Point Beach nuclear plant will eliminate 22 jobs by late April, according to Nuclear Management Co., the company that operates the facility.

The positions, which are mainly administrative and clerical, are being eliminated as part of a streamlining under which the four nuclear plants operated by Hudson-based NMC are moving to a common computer platform, Point Beach spokeswoman Sara Cassidy said. The cuts will affect members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2150.

The cuts represent about 3% of the Point Beach work force of 700, which includes employees at the two reactors, as well as contracted security officers.

Point Beach, in Two Creeks, is a two-reactor nuclear plant owned by Milwaukee-based We Energies.

IBEW Local 164 (Jersey City NJ) Adds Voluntary Membership Benefits

BSP Rewards, a subsidiary of MediaNet Group Technologies (OTC BB: MEDG), announced today that it has signed agreements that will expand its programs to Unions and Network Marketing industries.

BSP is building branded loyalty and reward programs for four unions who plan to utilize them as a value-added benefit to their membership. These initial inroads into the union market includes Local 164 IBEW, Local 2D UFCW Wine and Liquor, Local 355 HERE and Atlantic Medical IPA. Marketing to the union segment is being presented through Pat Bianco, President of National Health Solutions, a long-time provider of benefit packages to local and national unions. Mr. Bianco stated, "I am exceedingly pleased with the acceptance the BSP program is receiving. We feel that this market will generate a very high number of affinity loyal members."

Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, Inc. of Lexington, KY has just launched its private branded loyalty and shopping mall "Fortune Rewards Mall," powered by BSP Rewards. The program is a sales-driven model for their tens of thousands of representatives and is being marketed to their hundreds of thousands of customers. Jon Johnson, Vice President Business Development of Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing noted, "Fortune is an exceptional organization with a very dedicated base of independent representatives and customers. The program launched a week ago and we are already realizing excellent purchase utilization through our network. We couldn't be more pleased with the professionalism shown us by BSP and the revenue potential the program offers us."

The program is completely free for members to join and totally unique in that it features the ability to earn rewards and discounts through its unique shopping mall of national merchants. BSP Rewards builds, customizes and administers the entire program for each client and organization and offers Members up to 15% in rewards and up to 60% in discounts when purchasing merchandise and other products from the nation's best retailers.

Details about the program can be viewed at www.bsprewards.com

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Martin Berns CEO MediaNet Group Technologies, Inc. (P) 954-974-5818 x202 email: mberns@medianetgroup.com