Video: Oral arguments before the Supreme Court, via C-SPAN
Column: AFT President Randi Weingarten on Janus
Joint statement on nationwide mobilizations and Janus oral arguments
Message to members from AFT President Weingarten March 2, 2018...
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.
Nominations for UHP officer and delegate positions were due by Thursday, February 1, at 5 p.m. Members of the Elections Committee gathered in the UHP office after the closing of the nominations that afternoon to open the box housing all nominations. Trisha Faraday read each nomination while Laura Didden recorded each name (pictured here).
All UHP officer positions went unchallenged, meaning all the members of the UHP Executive Committee who are up for re-election will serve an additional two-year term without need for an election.
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?
Important note for those in the SERS and Hybrid retirement programs:
More than two years since our first day at the table with management to negotiate our next contract, our new collective bargaining agreement is finally signed!
Some information from the Office of the State Comptroller to SEBAC about Preferred Providers
Plus, a letter about the Anthem/Hartford Healthcare dispute
Our new contract is in force, and we'll have a signing ceremony after the lawyers get done with their part. Meantime:
We've been getting questions about comp time payouts.
Also, some clarification about cargiver FMLA.
UHP sent seven delegates to the 2017 CT AFL-CIO Convention, Oct. 4-6 at Foxwoods.
Joyce Fritz, one of the UHP delegates to the 2017 CT AFL-CIO Convention, shares an experience from a workshop she attended, “Mobilizing Our Members to Build Strong Unions.”