Category Archives: Negotiations

Discussions with Pratt Administration

November 25, 2007 Negotiations Update

LOCAL NEWS Dear UFCT Member: I am pleased to announce that on Tuesday, November 20th, at about 10PM, the UFCT and Pratt Administration reached agreement on what would be (upon ratification) a four year contract effective September 1, 2007 thru August 31, 2011. Although there remain some small items and details in need of clarification [...]
Comments Off | By Suzanne | November 30th, 2007

Membership Meeting October 31, 2007

From an email sent by Kye Carbone to the membership on October 24, 2007: Dear UFCT Member: I am apologizing at the outset of this email communiqué for the short notice, but apparently reserving a room for a much needed face-to-face union meeting has become more than a #?&* ordeal! In any event, although I [...]
Comments Off | By Suzanne | October 31st, 2007

Health Benefits for Part-Time Faculty (October 27, 2007)

From an email sent by Kye Carbone to the membership on October 27, 2007: Dear UFCT Members: The Office of Human Resources is making a genuine effort of notifying all Pratt employees of the ‘Open Enrollment' period which runs from: October 22nd to November 9th. The Open Enrollment period was announced on the pratt.edu web-mail system [...]
Comments Off | By Suzanne | October 27th, 2007

Negotiations Update September 22, 2007

From the September 22, 2007 status report: The 2003-2007 Collective Bargaining Agreement expired on August 31, 2007. As of this writing, the UFCT and Pratt Administration have already held six negotiation sessions (two to three hours each), having started in June, and are scheduled to meet two more times back-to-back in early October. Mid-month and [...]
Comments Off | By Suzanne | September 22nd, 2007