September 2020 Newsletter
Part of the Solution | Negotiating Team Update | AFL-CIO Convention/Endorsements
Good Luck, Lucille!
At the end of this month we bid farewell to Lucille Miller, UHP member for 14 of her19 years of service at UConn Health, including the last four as our chief steward.
We couldn’t let Lucille leave without an exit interview!
PAWS Awards for 80+ Members
Congratulations to our members who recently were recognized with a PAWS Award!
Part of a team
Awesome attitude
Wonderful work ethic
Superior service
Members Assist in Schools Still Recovering From Hurricanes
Three UHP employees recently volunteered in the Virgin Islands, helping provide hearing and vision screenings for more than 10,000 public school children in areas still recovering from the 2017 hurricanes.
2019 Session: Wins for Workers
The General Assembly adjourned the 2019 legislative session sine die at midnight on Wednesday, June 5th. The so-called "long session" was a very successful one for working families and the Labor movement. After years of austerity budgets and dwindling pro-worker majorities, Labor advocates were able to take advantage of the 2018 election results and pass major legislation including HB 5004 which raises the minimum wage to $15 per hour and SB 1 which enacts a paid family and medical leave insurance program.
Read more in this recap from the Connecticut AFL-CIO.
Post-Janus Legislation Succumbs to Partisan Animus in the Senate
HB 6935, legislation giving public sector unions and public sector workers new protections in the wake of last summer's U.S. Supreme Court's Janus v. AFSCME decision, died in the Senate.
Read more in this recap from the Connecticut AFL-CIO.
UHP VP on AFSCME Podcast
The May episode of the AFSCME Council 4 podcast "Council 4 Unplugged" covers the proposed UConn Health public-private partnership. Guests include Chris DeFrancesco, our vice president for communication.