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Admin Trying to Rewrite Health Benefits Bargaining and Leave the Table
Despite (empty) gestures to the contrary, the administration is trying to back out of health benefits negotiations, disrespecting our faculty trying to protect the health and financial welfare of their families and households. Hang a FAMCO Affordable Healthcare Benefits for All poster facing out your window to tell President Leahy you want the admin to go…
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Important Health Benefits Bargaining Update!
Before President Leahy’s all-employee open call today, we want to update everyone on the status of our healthcare negotiations, as it seems Leahy may want to share decisions he has made, or intends to make, for non-union employees. Be aware that any changes, or proposed changes, to our health benefits program that he may choose…
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Health Benefits Meeting Recap
FAMCO hosted a productive meeting for its members along with members of the campus staff union (OPEIU). FAMCO leadership presented the administration’s latest offer (about as bad as the last), and Barbara Caress (our health insurance consultant) provided expert commentary. Below, you’ll find the 30-minute presentation, a copy of the table from the video for…
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Special Member Meeting with Healthcare Consultant This Wednesday Night
Mark your calendars for a special member meeting this Wednesday (November 2) from 7pm-8pm on Zoom where our FAMCO healthcare consultant will explain the administration’s current proposal and FAMCO’s recommended response. We have also invited our good colleagues from the staff unions to join us for the update as well. All active FAMCO members will find an…
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Admin to Pitch Unapproved Health Plans to Non-Union Faculty–Data Inside
The administration and FAMCO have NOT reached an agreement about University health benefits, but the administration is barreling forward anyway. The plans on offer at upcoming “healthcare information sessions” with the HR benefits team DO NOT address the FAMCO Healthcare platform, and the administrations seems to be trying to push past that fact quietly. Presumably, these…
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New Letter to the Editor: Open Letter to President Leahy
FAMCO and OPEIU leaders, Johanna Foster and Holly Davis, have published a letter to the editor in The Outlook, Monmouth University’s campus newspaper, addressed to Monmouth University President Leahy on the employee health benefits currently under negotiations. President Leahy has said, at recent campus events, that campus health and wellness are major issues for him…
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Administration’s First Offer Cannot Be Serious
FAMCO presented its healthcare platform to the administration in their first bargaining session last week. The administration’s first offer was waaaaay off the mark. Any increase in health benefits cost to any worker is unacceptable, particularly with inflation raging and COVID effects lingering all around. Overall, it seems like Monmouth University administration is using this…
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FAMCO to Host Student Debt Relief Clinic
FAMCO is inviting folks in the Monmouth University community to an AFT Student Debt Clinic webinar at 2:45 pm ET on Friday, September 23, 2022 to provide important information and free resources that can help you manage your student loans and apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. For too long, many in the Monmouth University community have…
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First Bargaining Dates
It’s back to school season, and now it’s officially bargaining season too! Monmouth University administration has officially replied to FAMCO’s call to begin bargaining over faculty health benefits. FAMCO is calling for a SHIFT in Monmouth University health benefits: Sound Health Insurance for Faculty Today! Bargaining will begin on the following dates: Keep an eye…
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