A group of union members has initiated a much-needed awareness campaign to draw attention to the following: 75-80% of Pratt faculty are...

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...

The following was sent to 39 parties (see the “CC” list at bottom).  We can only keep our fingers crossed that speaking up ultimately...

Dear Pratt colleagues, The UFCT would like to submit the following letter, inclusive of all faculty and administrators covered by AETNA,...

I thought this was a useful article from the WSJ about Hr departments and their inherent non-neutrality within companies….Here is the...

Showdown with White House imminent. What happened to pulling support from a bill with no public option? It looks like we are dancing the...

Here's the article. The AFL-CIO IS THREATENING NOT TO SUPPORT A BILL WITHOUT A PUBLIC OPTION. –Suzanne

A benefit enshrined in the Collective Bargaining Unit involves a full-time or adjunct faculty member's ability to follow any course of...

Good news or bad? Democrats and progressives are all over the map. Here is a range of articles addressing the issue: 1. New York Times...

Bernie Sanders of Vermont will bring a single payer bill to the floor of the Senate this year.

I thought I would spend some time trying to read through the bill just introduced by the House. Purely from a layperson's perspective,...

MEMBER BENEFITS Two representatives from NYSUT attended our Union meeting on November 5 to explain many of the benefits of Union...

This is just a reminder to union members to deduct union dues from your taxable income when preparing your taxes. –Suzanne Verderber

The Theater Development Fund offers up to a 70% discount on theater tickets if you are a full-time teacher OR (significantly for our...

An editorial in the New York Times points out that the company used to estimate the cost of medical visits, estimates that are in turn...

The New York Times has reported that New York's Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating several insurance companies, including...

Who makes decisions on how to perform medical procedures, doctors or HMO's? This piece about AETNA demonstrates that doctors have to...