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UHP Committees

Bargaining Committee

1st VP Ivonne Hamm
ihamm@uhp3837.com
Usually assembles the year before our contract expires and is led by the president, first vice president for collective bargaining, chief steward, and AFT CT field rep. This committee will convene sometime in 2020.

Communications Committee

VP for Communication Chris DeFrancesco
cdefrancesco@uhp3837.com

Community Outreach Committee

VP for Community Outreach Trisha Faraday
tfaraday@uhp3837.com

Elections Committee

Recording Secretary Laura Didden
ldidden@uhp3837.com

Finance Committee

Treasurer Michelle Proper
mdproper@uhp3837.com
Subcommittees: Compensation, Investment

Social Committee

VP for Membership Activities Shawn Brown
sbrown@uhp3837.com
Subcommittee: Scholarship

Steward Committee

Chief Steward Jean Morningstar
jmorningstar@uhp3837.com
Fourth Tuesday of the month, 5 p.m., UHP office

Union Representative Assembly

VP Tier I Employees Ray Bennettson
bennettson@comcast.net
VP Tier II Employees Doug Kingsbury
dkingsbury@uhp3837.com
Second Thursday of the month, noon to 1 p.m., Onyiuke Dining Room

UConn Health/UHP Committees

1st VP Ivonne Hamm
ihamm@uhp3837.com

Employee Safety and Health (Worker’s Comp) Committee
Usually meets every other month

Health and Safety Committee
Has not met recently

Nursing Staffing Committee
Meets monthly

Parking Committee
Meets monthly as needed

Rating and Reclassification Committee
1st and 3rd Tuesday, 10 a.m. (as needed)

Workplace Violence Committee
Usually meets every other month

Affiliate Committees

1st VP Ivonne Hamm
ihamm@uhp3837.com

AFT CT Delegate Assembly
Meets quarterly as needed, after 5 p.m.

AFT CT Health Care Committee
Meets monthly, after 5 p.m.

AFT CT LPAC Committee
Meets monthly, after 5 p.m.

Greater Bristol Labor Federation
1st Thursday of the month, 7 p.m.

Greater Hartford Labor Chapter
Meets monthly, after 5 p.m.