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Greetings, Contract Update: Still TalkingAfter exchanging proposals last week, URA-AFT and Rutgers management will meet again this Friday to continue discussing working out a deal to defer contracted raises for real job security. Meanwhile, AFSCME has reached a tentative deal pending approval by their membership. URA-AFT's team is reviewing the details of that proposal. Get Out the Vote With Randi Weingarten and Jon Corzine Work with URA-AFT and AFT Rutgers to elect the candidates who work for working families. Election day is less than one week away. Join AFT President Randi Weingarten and Governor Corzine this Saturday, Oct. 31 at the IBEW hall at 205 Robin Rd. in Paramus. Please arrive by 8:45. Want to carpool? Contact Nat Bender at 732-745-0300 (URA office)/cell 908-377-0393; nbender@ura-aft.org Last Call for Labor Walks in Middlesex And Camden Counties: Saturday Oct. 31. 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Start from Middlesex County Central Labor Council at 1295 Livingston Ave., North Brunswick and from South Jersey Central Labor Council, 2240 Marlton Pike (in rear of strip mall near Shoprite), Cherry Hill. Contact Contact Nat Bender for the Middlesex walk at 732-745-0300 (URA office)/cell 908-377-0393; nbender@ura-aft.org. Contact Michael Cain for the Cherry Hill walk at 651-442-8031; michaelmcain@yahoo.com Phone banking in Newark: Contact Richelle Fiore at 215-847-7080 or richelle.fiore@gmail.com going on at the NTU local on Broad Street (secure parking behind building). Millerand quoted in Bergen Record: Rutgers unveils visitor center [...] "We're in favor of having a good program to recruit incoming students," said Lucye Millerand, president of the Union of Rutgers Administrators. "The question is, are we in an austerity period or not?" Other projects singled out Read the full article at http://www.northjersey.com/news/education/65420367.html 2009 URA-AFT Polling Places and Times-Nov. 9
See URA-AFT candidates' statements at http://uraaft.org/node/295 Report Back: Clinton Stumps for Corzine on CAC 
Legislative committee chair Helen Pirrello (red jacket in insert) and health and safety chair Joyce Sagi. In a week that featured visits to New Jersey from President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, President Bill Clinton held an Oct. 20 rally at the College Ave Gym for Governor Jon Corzine’s reelection. URA-AFT legislative committee chair Helen Pirrello reports that the capacity crowd gave Lieutenant Governor candidate Loretta Weinberg a rousing RU welcome. “But it was nothing like the noise when President Clinton and Governor Corzine took to the stage,” she said. “You could have heard the cheers all the way to Busch campus.” President Clinton reflected that he took Senator Weinberg’s bill mandating insurance companies pay for women to have at least a 48-hour hospital stay after giving birth and made it a national law. President Clinton also told those assembled that Hillary was a great fan of Coach Vivian Stringer to which the crowd replied with a rousing RU cheer in agreement. The former President said that despite the economic downturn and high unemployment New Jersey is doing better than most. “He pointed out that Governor Corzine was able to have the Paid Family Leave bill passed, garner three percent more stimulus monies more than any other governor and provide excellent funding for education,” said Pirrello.
URA Launches Online Poll Asking Members: Who Are You Voting For? Visit the URA-AFT online at http://www.ura-aft.org/node/303 to register your vote for Governor and see who other members are supporting. Membership Meeting Nov. 9 Agenda will be distributed next week. |
