Read about what is happening with your union in our Winter 2013 Newsletter

By MICHAEL BRICK

AUSTIN, Tex. — The meeting began, as so many in middle-school auditoriums do, uncomfortably. Parents squeezed into chairs fit for 12-year-old knees. The speaker’s first question fell flat.

“Estamos listos a aprender mucho?” repeated Montserrat Garibay, an official with the local teachers’ union. Are we ready to learn a lot?

Nominations for the Dowling College Chapter of NYSUT 2013 elections

(Officer and committee membership terms are from 2/1/14 through 1/31/15)

The Daily, November 17th:

"The “last, best, and final” proposal from the UW on Sept. 20 in its negotiations with the university’s International and English Language Program (IELP) faculty has drawn the attention of Seattle lawmakers and sparked protests on campus."

You can read the rest of the article here.

In a short speech at the November 14 meeting, Daphne Mackey asked the Board of Regents to support the union’s efforts to reach a fair labor agreement with the University of Washington. She informed the Board of the union’s goals and expressed concern about the University’s proposals and refusal to mediate their differences. She asked the Regents to join others in the University community as well as government leaders in urging that negotiations move forward.

Press release UMD Office of External Affairs

This year, UEA is offering a special incentive for new members. Here are the details of the offer and the benefits that come with full membership.

Normally, Active Membership for 2013-14 would be $12.84 more per paycheck.  As a special incentive this year, we are waiving the local UEA component for those who sign on to Active membership.

This means you pay only an additional $49 over the course of the entire year in order to acquire the range of member benefits.  At this special incentive rate, over 16 paychecks that is only $3.07 extra cost per paycheck.

(11/22/13) - Contact Dean Mancina at cfemancina@yahoo.com if you have had a recent issue with new or refill prescriptions via mail order or at a retail pharmacy and you are in the PPO plan.  Some members have reported problems obtaining the quantity of pills your doctor prescribed, or getting the specific prescription drug your doctor prescribed.  Some have been told the reason why is that our prescription plan changed.  That's not true.  Medco was bought out last year by Express Scripts, and we are starting to wonder if the company change is the root of the problem.  We want to fix

(11/22/13) Your Negotiation Team has met with management for 24 hours over the last month in three all-day sessions.  Click on this article's title to read a summary update.