-9/26/25

A&R continues to operate under an extension agreement while we negotiate our new contract.  The A&R Negotiations team has been at the negotiating table with the State since November of 2024 so this has been quite an extensive amount of time.  Through most of this time, we have not had what we consider to be a serious wage offer; meaning, we have received wage offers from the State but those wage offers didn't come close to reflecting the current economic times.  Since the wage offers were well below our threshold for acceptance, the A&R team summarily rejected them without much

Service Ratings are due no later than Tuesday September 30. 

The Rating Categories have not changed (Quality,Quantity, Dependability, Ability to Deal w/Others, & Supervisory) . 
The Evaluation Scoring has not changed (Excellent, Superior, Satisfactory, Fair, & Unsatisfactory).

However, the Annual Rating now comes in 2 parts: the actual "Rating Form" (PER-127) and then a separate "Comments Form" (PER-127A).

The two forms work like this: the Rating Form PER-127 must be signed after receipt and discussion with your supervisor/manager and will go into your personnel file...you must sign it, it doesn't

A&R stewards protect rights secured under our contract. They are generally the first point of contact in grievance filing. Stewards also welcome all new bargaining unit employees and assist them in signing up as A&R members.

A&R has experienced an increase in membership over the last several years and we are always seeking the next generation of union stewards. If you have an interest in protecting your contract and helping your fellow co-workers navigate the state system, please reach out to our Chief Steward Patrick Lamb at plamb@andr.org with (1) a cover letter; (2) a résumé; and (3) the

A&R welcomes agencies to authorize their employees to travel to and to attend conferences as part of agency travel. Such agency travel must always include the full benefits, payments, reimbursements, and travel time provided for in the A&R contract and paid for by the agency. These business-related travel costs include, but are not limited to, registration fees, lodging, flights, taxis, parking, etc. 

Regardless of their intent, agencies are not free to water down any such negotiated rights by reaching any form of understanding between such agencies and unionized employees of such agencies. For

-Updated 9/8/25 

We have just added tickets to see Hamilton at the Bushnell on Sunday November 16 at a discounted price!  Good seats, a great musical, and right in your neighborhood!

To purchase Hamilton tickets online, follow this link.
To view the Hamilton flyer, follow this link.

Don't overlook our November 11 trip to Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas Spectacular, our DoYourOwnThing in NYC on December 6th, the Halloween trip to Salem on October 18 and save the date for Friday December 5th when we hold our annual, peak event: the A&R Holiday Party at the Aquaturf  (registration will be open soon).