News

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.

• Bill Garrity
• Ivonne Hamm
• Michelle Proper
• Chris DeFrancesco
• Joyce Fritz
• Elizabeth Barrientos 
• Jean Morningstar

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.”  

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Watch the video (above) or read the transcript of our president's remarks to the crowd at Friday's rally at the Legislative Office Building. 

(UPDATED JULY 31, 2017)--The SEBAC agreement and the 33 local union contracts tied to it now have final legislative approval. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman cast the deciding vote in a deadlocked Senate to uphold the agreements that had been ratified by unionized state employees and the State House earlier this month.

As we hold our ratification vote, our VP for Communication shares his personal thoughts on why he supports the SEBAC deal (as well as the UHP contract).

(UPDATED JUNE 29, 2017) -- UHP and UConn Health management have reached a tentative agreement on the next UHP contract.

NEW: Details on the UHP TA

NEW: Signed UHP TA

Remember, this is only one step. We are holding information sessions Thursday, June 29, and Wednesday, July 5. Keep yourself informed!