Union-Made In America Holiday Gift Ideas
It's not too late yet to find that perfect holiday gift that carries a union label and is made in America!
Defending OT in Pension Calculations
STATE CAPITOL, MARCH 15, 2018--UHP President Bill Garrity was back at the Legislative Office Building today to testify before the Labor and Public Employees Committee over SB 461, "An Act Omitting Certain Pay From a State Employee's Final Average Salary Calculation on or After July 1, 2021."
Read his testimony.
Free College for AFT Members
What does your union do for you?
See this update from AFT Secretary-Treasurer Loretta Johnson on this new benefit!
Congratulations to UHP's 2018 Nightingale Nurses
Five of the 10 UConn Health nurses to receive 2018 Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing are UHP members!
Important: Recruitment/Retention Stipend for Critical Care Nurses
recruitment_and_retention_stipend_2.pdf
On Feb. 15, we finalized an MoA with UConn Health on a recruitment and retention stipend for nurses in critically understaffed areas. This may seem counter to some principles of collective bargaining. Therefore, knowing how we got here is helpful to understanding it.
Update: The MoA was revised on March 6 to include nurses in the UConn Surgery Center and nurses from other units who float into the areas identified.
New Contract Books Are Here
Fresh from the printer, our 2016-2021 contract books are now available. We are methodically distributing them to members to facilitate one-to-one and small-group interactions, as this provides a fantastic opportunity for member engagement.
How do you get your copy?
SERS/Hybrid Pension Calculations FY18
Important note for those in the SERS and Hybrid retirement programs:
As you likely are aware, last September, as a result of the SEBAC agreement, we started contributing an additional 1.5 percent of our earnings toward our retirement.
This increase didn't take effect until the seventh pay period of fiscal 2018. Therefore we have to "make up for" the first six pay periods in which that increase was not deducted. These catch-up payments will be spread out over the last 13 pay periods of fiscal 2018, starting with the paycheck dated Jan. 13.