Feb13

Salary Increase Update

Posted In: Pay Freeze

URA members will soon see the fruit of their efforts from the ratification of the Salary Freeze Settlement and MOA.  The payout dates of the initial bonus and increases are:

  • Lump Sum payment of $1000 due in the 2/17/2012 paycheck – Eligible: URA members must be on the University’s payroll on the date the MOA was ratified (January 23, 2012) and continue to be on the payroll through the date the payment is made.
  • Across-the-Board (2.25% retro to 4/1/2011) due in the 3/16/2012 paycheck. Eligible: on University’s payroll in a URA position on March 31, 2011, and remain on payroll in a URA position on March 16, 2012. New employees at the minimum for their range are also eligible.
  • Across-the-Board (2.25% retro to 2/1/2012) due in the 3/16/2012 paycheck. Eligible: on the University’s payroll in a URA position on January 31, 2012. (This raise is compounded on the April 1, 2011 raise, so if you receive both raises, your total raise is slightly over 4.5%).

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Feb07

AFT Endorses Barak Obama

Posted In: Elections, Labor

This morning the AFT executive council voted to endorse the candidacy of Barack Obama for president in 2012. Watch this message from AFT President Randi Weingarten on the endorsement.

 Watch why AFT endorses Obama!

 

Education, jobs and the economy continue to be the top issues confronting our members and the country. When President Obama took office, he inherited an economy on the verge of collapse. Over the past three years, he has proposed and fought for legislation—despite an implacable Congress—that has worked to stabilize the economy, save jobs and prevent cuts to vital services that Americans depend on.

See where the candidates stand on issues that matter to our members by visiting AFT’s new 2012 Election website.

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Feb01

Go WILD!

Posted In: Labor

Sign up now for the Women in Leadership Development (WILD) conference.  Full-dues members can download and complete the brochure and fax it to the URA office at 732-745-0400 or drop it off to get registered.  This is a great opportunity to interact with other union leaders and address issues faced by women in the labor movement. Since the conference begins in the late afternoon only half-day release time will be offered to participants. More information has been provided below by the NJ State AFL-CIO… Register Today: WILD Conference March 30-31, 2012

Building Unity, Fighting Back, Moving Forward!

March 30-31, 2012

East Brunswick Hilton

3 Tower Center Boulevard

At the 9th Annual Women in Leadership Development (WILD) Conference, participants will engage in a highly interactive program which allows them to develop strategies to “build unity” among union and community members and “fight back” against the attacks to our union values. By tying together the themes of “building unity and fighting back,” we will take the essential first steps towards moving forward as a labor movement. CLICK HERE to register. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Feb01

Nominations Now Open: You Can Run the Union!

Posted In: Elections

Under our union’s Constitution, URA participates in several different umbrella organizations. URA’s full-dues members are able to take part in the democratic process at every level of the labor movement by running for office as delegates to each of these organizations:

  • AFT-New Jersey State Federation — unites all AFT education members in Pre-K-12 and Higher Education. Convention will be held April 20-21 at the Seaview hotel in Galloway, Atlantic County. Up to 10 delegates may be elected, in addition to the existing Delegate Assembly members, who were elected in September. Union release time will be provided for Friday, April 20.
  • New Jersey AFL-CIO — the core of the labor movement in New Jersey, the AFL-CIO brings together both public and private sector unions. Up to 11 delegates may be elected to attend the Constitutional Convention, June 12-13 in Atlantic City. Union release time will be provided for travel on June 12 and for June 13.
  • AFT National – Our national union is one of the biggest unions in the USA, with over 1.4 million members. The biennial national convention takes place this year from July 24-28 in Detroit, Michigan. URA is entitled to elect 20 delegates. The February membership meeting will vote on how many delegates our local can finance for travel, and expenses. Partial union release time will be provided .

Voting for all delegations will take place at the March General membership meeting. All members in good standing are eligible to be nominated, or to nominate themselves. All URA delegates are expected to attend all business sessions of the respective Convention, and appropriate educational workshops held in conjunction with these events. Travel, accommodations (dual occupancy), and IRS per diem expenses are provided from the URA budget.

The nomination form can be found at https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4013/c/818/images/delegatenomination2012.pdf.

Feb01

In Memoriam of URA steward and Rutgers Newark employee Ines Agina

Posted In: Uncategorized

Ines Agina served as a Union of Rutgers Administrator – AFT Steward, an Administrative Assistant for the Executive MBA program at the Rutgers Business School for 22 years and a graduate of the Rutgers University School of Social Work. At the young age of 53, Ines succumbed to cancer on January 11, 2012. She leaves behind two adult children, Eric Cartegena and Lillian Riley, a sister and two brothers. This caring, reliable, and hard working person was a great friend. Her devotion to helping others was so strong that even while fighting her own battles she was still willing to fight for others.  A page in tribute to her is available at http://www.ura-aft.org/node/718.