A&R is proud to have once again participated with Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity. For a third year in a row, A&R's members stepped forward, volunteering their time (and sweat equity) to help improve living conditions in our community.
A&R's 2017 Habitat for Humanity build particpants were: Vicky Bullock, John DiSette, Mike Myles, Ally Sexton, Lisa Smith, and Mike Smith.
Remember: we are conducting a toy drive at the Holiday Party in conjunction with the United Labor Agency. The United Labor Agency Toy Drive directly benefits labor families in need.
Every year our labor family comes together to ensure that families in need have a happier holiday season. It is a testament to the generosity of our labor family that as the need has grown, so has the support for this event.
PLEASE BRING AN UNWRAPPED TOY WITH YOU TO THE HOLIDAY PARTY
Are you new to Medicare or already insured by Medicare? What plans are available? Find answers to your Medicare questions.
Hartford Healthcare and Anthem have come to an agreement! The agreement is retroactive to October 1st so the additional charges that wouldn’t have applied will be reversed. Anthem participants may once again fully utilize Hartford Healthcare doctors and facilities.
The next step is to see if we can extend the HEP requirement deadline beyond December 31st for Anthem participants.
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REGISTRATION FOR THE HOLIDAY PARTY CLOSED as of 11/21/2017
Due to the delay in receiving the quarterly A&R Update (which includes the registration form for the Holiday Party), the deadline to submit the mail-in registration and the deadline for walk-in registration are both Tuesday November 21st. This is an extension of the mail-in deadline by one week.
Remember: we are also conducting a toy drive at the Holiday Party in conjunction with the United Labor Agency, so please bring an unwrapped toy with you to the Holiday Party.
If you are in need of assistance and would like to request toys from the toy drive, please fill out the attached Toy Request Form and contact ULA directly (not A&R)
The Part-time Faculty Association of Maine (PATFA), the union that represents our 1,900 part-time faculty members, is happy to announce that we have reached tentative agreement on a new contract for 2017-19 with the University of Maine System.
PATFA members will soon receive ratification ballots in the mail, while the System Board of Trustees must ratify the agreement as well.
Michele Cheung, PATFA president, said the agreement includes a 2 percent pay increase in 2017-18 and a 2 percent pay increase in 2018-19.
This week’s 3% hearing before the state Supreme Court has not come to a conclusion. We are tracking developments and will report them ASAP. Here is a great opinion piece on the subject penned by AFT Michigan President David Hecker and MEA President Paula Herbert.
"If returned to the educators who earned it, the half-billion-plus dollars the state has illegally taken would have a tremendous positive impact for individual families and the state’s economy," they write.
