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

Dear Members, We would like to announce the results of today’s final election count: Overall Participation was 51.94% (186 out of 387). 143 Members voted for candidate Kye Carbone. 43 Members voted for candidate Jenny Lee. Yours in Solidarity, The 2014 Election Committee Luis Alonso Linda Lauro-Lazin Mark O’Grady The final and official Certification of Results and Audit Report on Activity and Integrity provided by to us by our election agent, Votenet Solutions, is provide

Dear Members, The election is on as of 12pm, Dec. 3, 2014. Below is a copy of the voting instructions contained on the official ballot which you received directly from VoteNet on Dec. 3, 2014. Please read your individual email and it’s voting instructions, with particular attention to the Username and Activation Code procedures, so that your individual vote may be properly executed and counted. If you have NOT received a direct email from VoteNet containing your own personali

For the Fall 2014 Re-Run Election for Union President of Local 1460 UFCT IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS, THE LETTER...

Dear Union Members, The Union Elections Committee of Pratt Institute announces the 2014 Re-run Election for President of the Union Local...

Hello Members, We are happy to announce the beginning of the Fall 2014 Re-Run Election for Union President of Local 1460 UFCT. This...

Dear UFCT Local 1460 Members, The current 2011-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) will expire on August 31, 2015. The UFCT Local...

Dear UFCT Members, In my 8/24 email re. the new academic-calendar, studio-days, and ‘poaching’, I stated the following: “The...

Dear Pratt Faculty Colleague, Many of you have written me privately inquiring about this year’s Academic Calendar and so-called...