UConn-AAUP March 28, 2025
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In this issue:
- AD HOC Committee on International and Immigrant Workers
- Chief Negotiator Blog Post 3/28/25
- UConn-AAUP Executive Committee Election Notification to VOTE APRIL 1st
- Child Care reimbursement notice
- SEBAC Survey Reminder- There is still time!
EVENTS
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- This Sunday-10:00-2:00 Join us at UConn Bound Day at the Bookstore across from Gample
- Excellence Awards Ceremony April 7th
- CT For All April 8th Town Hall with Speaker Ritter
- Protect Higher Education from Federal Attacks 4/17
Ad Hoc Committee on International and Immigrant Workers
The UConn-AAUP is pleased to announce the formation of an ad-hoc working group that will focus on issues that affect employees at UConn that are here at UConn as immigrant and international scholars, researchers, and workers on campus. The next meeting of the group will be held on April 2nd at 10:00 via zoom. Should you be interested in learning more or would like to get added to the group, you can e-mail: uconnimmigration@gmail.com
Chief Negotiator Blog Post 3/28/25
The chief negotiator has posted an update on negotiations. Log in now to review: UConn AAUP Member Website | Membership Website
If you have not signed up for the membership site- please do so today! Use the link above to create a profile. The office will verify membership and then you will have access to the full site. This membership site is for dues paying member. Not a member? Join now!
UConn-AAUP Executive Committee Election Notification to VOTE APRIL 1st
The UConn-AAUP 2025 Executive Committee election will begin on Tuesday, April 1 and end on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. UConn-AAUP has partnered with Survey and Ballot Systems (SBS) to administer the electronic 2025 election.
Active- Dues paying members will receive an election specific broadcast email on April 1st from Election Coordinator (noreply@directvote.net) with voting instructions, login information, and your personalized pass code. Please note that this email notification will be sent to your UConn.edu address.
To assure your election specific broadcast email arrives safely in your inbox, simply add the following email address as an approved sender: noreply@directvote.net.
If you do not receive this email notification by April 3, 2025, please contact support@directvote.net or Jen Curtis-Gray at jcurtisgray@uconnaaup.org
Information about the election is posted on the UConn-AAUP’s website at: http://www.uconnaaup.org
CHILD CARE REIMBURSEMENT NOTICE
Applications for the Spring 2025 Child Care Reimbursement will open on April 3, 2025 and will run until May 1, 2025. Applications received after May 1 may not be accepted.
Please note that the Spring 2025 reimbursement is for daycare provided for the months of November, December 2024 & January, February, March & April, 2025 ONLY. Child/Children must attend daycare at least two weeks during the month to qualify for that month.
The UConn-AAUP Child Care policy and application is now available on the UConn-AAUP website: www.uconnaaup.org
Resources or Quick Links – Childcare Reimbursements
Please submit completed applications, with paid receipts to Jen Curtis-Gray (jcurtisgray@uconnaaup.org) ALL applications will be acknowledged.
SEBAC Survey Reminder
The 2017 SEBAC Agreement is set to expire on June 30, 2027. The SEBAC Agreement is our Pension and Healthcare Agreement which is negotiated by a coalition of state employee unions called the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC). SEBAC and the Lamont Administration have begun informal discussions with a goal of reaching a successor agreement prior to the expiration. As we begin these discussions with the State, it is vital that your voice is heard.
Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and let us know what is important to you for our healthcare and pension agreement.
In addition to covering pension, healthcare, and retiree health benefits, the SEBAC Agreement covers other matters such as placement and training rights, telework, objective job evaluation (“OJE”), and rights to use sick days to pay for family medical leave.
As you fill out the survey, please keep in mind that this is about benefits related to the SEBAC Agreement, and NOT our union’s collective bargaining agreement which we are currently negotiating.
Click here to start the survey.
EVENTS
UConn-AAUP & UConn Bound Day!
Join us! This Sunday, March 30th from 10:00am-2:00pm at the UConn Storrs Bookstore next to Gample. Stop by the table to say hello, grab a sticker and play a game! We care about UConn students, families and our members & want to hear from you! So stop by, grab a sticker and meet some of the leaders of the local chapter.
Questions, please reach out to Gina at ginadb@uconnaaup.org
Save the Date! Excellence Awards Ceremony
We are happy to announce a return to an in-person presentation of our Annual Excellence Award Recipients. The Ceremony is planned for Monday, April 7, at 9:00am, at the Capitol Building in Hartford, Room 310. We hope you will join us in recognizing our 2025 Recipients.
The recognition of faculty teaching, research, and service excellence through UConn-AAUP awards began in 1997. The intention of the awards is to showcase Academic Excellence at UConn. Register Here
CT For All April 8th Town Hall with Speaker Ritter
CT’s Path to Passing a Budget that Invests in Community Needs
When: Tuesday, April 8 at 6:00 pm
Where: Immanuel Congregational Church – 10 Woodland Street, Hartford CT
This is a GHIAA event in collaboration with Immanuel Congregational Church, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, and CT For All. ASL and Spanish Interpretation Available
SIGN UP HERE
STEP UP FOR OUR FUTURE
PROTECT HIGHER ED FROM FEDERAL ATTACKS!
THE NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AT UCONN: APRIL 17th
In cutting federal grants and putting student loans in question, in threatening free speech and the curriculum, and in striking fear into the hearts of immigrant and international faculty and students, the Trump administration is taking aim at the future of the university.
Cutting student loans and Pell Grants threatens to put a college education out of reach for anyone but the very rich. Cutting research and outreach funding will halt vital studies and programs that improve the lives of millions while also threatening the careers of current students who aspire to become the scientific leaders of the next generation. Attacks on “DEI” are having a chilling effect on academic freedom, prompting faculty to revise courses and grant proposals out of fear. And since Trump’s inauguration, there have been credible fears of ICE on campus that threaten the very presence of some community members in this country.
We have had enough. On Thursday, April 17, faculty, staff, and students at UConn are joining colleagues all over the country for a National Day of Action. Join us for a rally at the UConn-Storrs campus from 12-1:30pm (location TBA) organized by the UConn-AAUP. Senator Richard Blumenthal will likely be joining us as a speaker.
Other events may also be planned for that day. If you would like to join the planning committee for this action, please email Chris Vials at vialschris@gmail.com
Silence is getting us nowhere. Demand that our state legislators shore up public higher education. Stand up for our future!