Category Archives: Benefits

Part-Time Health Benefits Initiative

A group of union members has initiated a much-needed awareness campaign to draw attention to the following: 75-80% of Pratt faculty are currently deemed ineligible for any form of health insurance benefits through the Institute Of Pratt’s yearly operating budget of 170 million, less than 20% is spent on faculty (that’s including all part-time and [...]

Comments Off | By trotsky | March 30th, 2011

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 [...]

Comments Off | By trotsky | August 13th, 2010

Final AETNA petition

The following was sent to 39 parties (see the “CC” list at bottom). We can only keep our fingers crossed that speaking up ultimately does some good. Ronald A. Williams Chairman and Chief Executive, Aetna Inc. Hartford, CT 06156 July 23, 2010 Dear Mr. Williams, We the undersigned are faculty members and administrators at Pratt [...]

Comments Off | By trotsky | July 26th, 2010

Pratt Faculty Potentially Lose Hundreds of Doctors and Several Major Hospitals

Dear Pratt colleagues, The UFCT would like to submit the following letter, inclusive of all faculty and administrators covered by AETNA, to AETNA expressing our displeasure at their failed negotiations with Continuum. If you would like to have your name added to the letter, please reply with your full name and title to Suzanne Verderber, [...]

Comments Off | By Suzanne | July 9th, 2010