Just a reminder that the social committee has several trips planned for this fall which members can enjoy.

• Sunday Oct. 7 -  A Day at Foxwoods Casino
  Incudes roundtrip bus ride to the casino, and gift packet with a $10 meal voucher (or free buffet) and $15 of SlotBet credits.  Price $19 per person (flyer) 

• Sunday Nov. 11 -  Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular Includes roundtrip bus ride to NYC and excellent front orchestra section seats at the legendary music hall.  Price of $106 per person  (flyer)

• Saturday Dec. 8 -  NYC Do Your Own Thing Bus Trip
  Enjoy a luxury coach bus ride to and from NYC for just $31 per person.  Wander the city wherever care to.  The timing is perfect to see the beautiful Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center (flyer)

An informational meeting will be held regarding impact bargaining for the newly accreted A&R classes that include the FAMs, Healthcare Advocate Program Managers, and DMV hub branch managers.

We will provide an update about impact bargaining and be availavble to answer your questions regarding the A&R contract.  All new union members are invited to attend.

Time: 5:30 pm
Date: Wednesday Sept. 12
Where: A&R Office
805 Brook Street, Rocky Hill (Bldg 4)

A light meal will be served

A&R's Late Summer Picnic at Maneeley's is fast approaching and will be held on August 31.  Cost of the picnic is just $15.  Cash bar available.  All A&R members are welcome to attend.

The deadline to register for this event ended 8/24/2018

Some members have begun to receive mailers supporting a union opt-out campaign.  These campaigns are typically run by out-of-state special interests groups which are well-funded (as in hundreds of millions) corporate/conservative operations.  They are taking advantage of Connecticut's freedom of information (FOI) laws in order to exploit union members' privacy by requesting public agencies to hand over employee names and personal information.  These tactics are not surprising. They're common in states where politicians have rolled-back negotiating rights of teachers, firefighters, nurses and

The 8/3/18 paycheck may have included an additional $5 or $15 payment. This payment is a settlement of a dispute regarding the implementation date of wages in the 2011 A&R contract. The 2013 GWI was implemented a day later than the TopStepPayment.  A grievance was filed and was settled during the 2017 contract negotiations.  As a result, all currently active A&R employees who were employed in A&R titles on 5/23/13 will receive a settlement of $5.  Those employees who were also eligible for a Top Step Payment either July 2013 (paid in August 2013) or January 2014 will receive an additional $10

A Few Items Worthy of an Update:

1) The $1000/$2000 one-time payments were made in the July 20 paycheck.  Only a few mistakes have been brought to our attention and A&R has filed an institutional grievance which should cover all members improperly compensated. However, we do not have any way to gauge who specifically was improperly paid or improperly denied unless individuals specifically notify us, so we are asking everyone who believes they were improperly denied payment or paid the wrong amount to complete the quick sign-up sheet so we are aware of who specifically would be impacted by this