Quick-turnaround grants of up to $250 are available now on a rolling basis to Faculty-led, spontaneous responses to current events. Bring a speaker, host a workshop, create a pamphlet, plan a screening, etc. All faculty are eligible (full- and part-time, adjunct and visitor) and collaborations with students and/or staff are welcome. Email a brief proposal along with a basic budget to pfu.feaf@gmail.com. Coordinated by Darini Nicholas, Erum Nagvi, and Anna Moschovakis.

September 23, 2016 Dear UFCT Local 1460 Members, The 2016 Call for Nominations has ended and the only candidates receiving the required...

Dear Faculty Union Member: This letter is to inform you of the Procedure for Nominations to begin the process of holding elections for...

The results for the UFCT MOU 2016-2021 Ratification Vote Results for the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between UFCT Local 1460 and...

UFCT MOU 2016-2021 Ratification VoteDear UFCT Voting Members,Our union contract negotiating team has reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Pratt Administration for the 2016-2021 Academic Years. If ratified, this MOU will become our new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Here is the link to the Pratt Faculty Union’s webpage announcing and explaining the proposed 2016-2021 MOU: New MOU!!! Membership meetings May 31-June 3 | The Pratt Faculty Union There will be fou

Dear UFCT Local 1460 Voting Member, On May 2nd, the Union Negotiating Team closed negotiations with the Pratt Administration! The signed “Memorandum of Understanding” (or MOU), which outlines changes to our Collective Bargaining Agreement, is below for you to review. Additionally, there is an “explanation” PDF of the MOU with short blurbs explaining the changes. There will be four, two-hour meetings for members to learn about the new MOU. They will be Tuesday, May 31, from

Dear Members, We would like to announce the final results of the UFCT1460 MOU Ratification Vote: Overall Participation was 42.39% (167...

The Pratt UFCT1460 MOU/Contract Ratification Committee Announces the Contract Ratification Vote for the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...

Email from Kye to Membership, December 12, 2014 —————— Dear Concerned Members, W/respect to the ‘extreme’ Cigna cost increases being imposed on Pratt faculty, please read the attached grievance statement as filed on 12/10/14. The UFCT Local 1460 is determined to pursue arbitration if the Administration’s response to the attached formal grievance statement is less than satisfactory. Warm Regards, -Kye MEMORANDUM TO: Peter Barna, Provost FROM: Kye

Email from Kye to Membership, November 24, 2014 Dear Members, (There are four parts to this email, from bottom-up: (1) HR’s open-enrollment announcement, (2) UFCT VP: Emily Beall’s response to delegates, (3) my latest letter to HR Director Tom Greene, and (4) what follows, my email to members which hopefully goes some distance in explaining the matter of Cigna’s drastic cost-increases…) Many of you are rightfully concerned about what are from any objective stand-point, exorbi