Monthly Archives: August 2010

ARPT Forum to be held 9/10 at Anima–please RSVP

The second annual ARPT (Committees on Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure) forum will be held on September 10, 2010 from 10-2 at Anima, an Italian restaurant located at 458 Myrtle Avenue, between Waverly and Washington (on the south side of Myrtle).  Please RSVP to Kye Carbone if you are planning to attend (the restaurant can [...]
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ARPT Forum: September 10, 2010

ARPT: Committees on Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure (see Article XVI of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, available on this website). Last year the UFCT sponsored such a forum for the first time, which was – as based on the many responses we received – a rousing success [over fifty-plus in attendance representing some sixteen Pratt [...]
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AETNA and Continuum Reach 3 Year Agreement

2 days after our petition was sent, the two parties had reached a 3-year agreement.  Here is the news release from AETNA.  The petition may not have directly done any good, but I still think it is worthwhile for consumers to speak up and protest when corporations decide they can charge the same amount for [...]
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