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2014 Contract, Benefits, New Brunswick/Piscataway Campuses, Off Campus, URA Contract

URA-AFT Workshop: Understanding the Reclassification Process

Sign up now for one of the workshop times:

 

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

11:45am-1:00pm at Rm. 130–131, Labor Education Center, Cook Campus

Please RSVP to Christine O’Connell at coconnell@ura-aft.org by 7/24 or call 732–745-0300; Lunch provided

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Wednesday,  August 2, 2017

11:45am-1:00pm at Rm. 4095, Rutgers Business School, Livingston Campus

Please RSVP to Leigh-Anne Cobb at lcobb@business.rutgers.edu or Christine O’Connell at coconnell@ura-aft.org by 7/31 or call 732–745-0300; Lunch provided

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5:00 pm-7:00pm at URA Office, 2nd Fl., 57 Paterson Street, New Brunswick

Please RSVP to Kay Schechter at kay.schechter@gmail.com or Christine O’Connell at coconnell@ura-aft.org by 7/31 or call 732–745-0300; Dinner provided

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Members only: membership cards available at door

Camden Campus, New Brunswick/Piscataway Campuses, Newark Campus, Off Campus, URA Contract

SCP Raises — Now What?

1. Your raises are viewable at: https://hrservices.rutgers.edu/meritprogram. If your salary is at or near the maximum of your salary grade, some or all of this amount will come in the form of a lump-sum bonus.  To determine the percentage of your raise follow this simple formula: [amount of your raise] x 100 / [your FY2015-16 annual salary].

2. If you did not receive your SCP evaluation by April 30th AND your raise was less than 2.25%, notify the union office immediately by email (union@ura-aft.org) or phone (732–745-0300).  Provide your name, preferred email address, preferred phone number, department and supervisor name.

3. If you wish to file an appeal, do so within 30 days from the date of when you were notified in writing of the raise. An appeal is only for the reasons outlined in Article 41, Section E of our contract (http://www.ura-aft.org/contracts2018/). To initiate an appeal use the form found here: https://uhr.rutgers.edu/download/2391?file=form_applications/SCPReviewFormifProceduresAreNotFollowed.docx.

4. This was our last scheduled raise until we re-negotiate a new union contract.  Are you ready to stand up for fair raises during our next contract campaign?  If yes, email us back about becoming a contract campaign point person for your department.

Benefits, Camden Campus, COPE, Elections, Health & Safety, Labor, Legislation, New Brunswick/Piscataway Campuses, Newark Campus, Off Campus

NJ State Shutdown Update

From the New Jersey AFL-CIO:

As New Jersey’s government shutdown enters day 3, we need to demand a resolution. People's livelihoods are at stake and the services people depend on are in limbo. It is unacceptable that legislators we elected to vote on our behalf are abstaining from voting and causing a state government shutdown. Below is a list of legislators who have abstained and need to hear their constituents' voices.

If your legislator is listed, please send him or her a direct message with the simple message: pass the budget, end the shutdown.

Holding the state budget captive as a result of Governor Christie’s Horizon demands – a completely unrelated issue that was brought up less than one week ago – is misguided and a disservice to all New Jerseyans.

By expanding Horizon’s mission to serve as the insurer of last resort, Senate Bill S-4 is a health care tax imposed by Governor Christie on policy holders. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO maintains that any surplus should be returned to policy holders rather than diverted to other uses by the governor.

What can you do?

URA-AFT is calling on its members to call the following Legislators who are blocking the passage of a balanced budget. Tell them that a “no” vote or an “abstain” vote is the same as voting “yes” to a shutdown. This is unacceptable.

The below list and contact information has been provided by CWA 1036:

ASSEMBLY REP PHONE EMAIL District Area
Bob Andrzejczak (609) 465-0700 AsmAndrzejczak@njleg.org Cape May County
R. Bruce Land (609) 465-0700 AsmLand@njleg.org Cape May County
Craig Coughlin (732) 855-7441 AsmCoughlin@njleg.org Middlesex County
Joe Danielsen (732) 247-3999 AsmDanielsen@njleg.org Middlesex County
Joe Egan (732) 249-4550 AsmEgan@njleg.org Middlesex County
Nancy Pinkin (732) 548-1406 AswPinkin@njleg.org Middlesex County
Troy Singleton (856) 234-2790 AsmSingleton@njleg.org Burlington County
Herb Conaway (856) 461-3997 AsmConaway@njleg.org Burlington County
Eliana Pintor-Marin (973) 589-0713 AswPintorMarin@njleg.org Essex County
Gordon Johnson (201) 530-0469 AsmJohnson@njleg.org Bergen County
Eric Houghtaling (732) 695-3371 AsmHoughtaling@njleg.org Monmouth County
Joann Downey (732) 333-0166 AswDowney@njleg.org Monmouth County

And, while you are at it, send a message to thank all the Assembly members who voted YES on the budget and have stuck to their vote. 

 Complete List of Assembly Members who voted YES!

Dan Benson (D)

Ralph Caputo (D)

Marlene Caride (D)

Annette Chaparro (D)

Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D)

Wayne DeAngelo (D)

Tim Eustace (D)

 Thomas Giblin (D)

Reed Gusciora (D) 

Jamel Holley (D)

Mila Jasey (D)

Angelica Jimenez (D)

James Kennedy (D)

Joseph Lagana (D) 

 John McKeon (D)

Angela McKnight (D)

Raj Mukherji (D) 

Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D)

Vincent Prieto (D)

Annette Quijano (D)

Gary Schaer (D) 

 Shavonda Sumter (D)

Cleopatra Tucker (D)

Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)

Benjie Wimberly (D)

John Wisniewski (D)

Andrew Zwicker (D)

 

 Thank you to Assembly members Wayne DeAngelo (LD14), Dan Benson (LD14), and Andrew Zwicker (LD16) who added their YES votes on Friday to pass the budget and avoid a shutdown. Thank you to Assemblyman James Kennedy (LD22) who added his vote YES on Sunday to end the shutdown.