Step Increase

Do you have an Hire date in January, February or March you should have received your step increase. If not please contact a union official!

Newsletter

The newsletter is almost ready for publication,if you would like the Newsletter to be sent to your E-mail account just send an e-mail to 5086unap@gmail.com to be placed on the mailing list

In-services

Have you completed your yearly in services? Many of them you can access from the computers located in Anna's loft.
Skills Day as well as CPR and CPI require you to sign-up in advance. If you try to sign-up and are told the class is full, let your supervisor know this and let them figure out how to get it done.

Positions

I noticed that many, if not all, of the job openings for the Alternative program are no longer listed as Internal and are posted for External applications.
The Union has a meeting with HR to figure this out. We also will be discussing Earned time and it's usage.

Executive Council Meeting

The next Executive Council Meeting will be on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 4Pm in the East Conference Room.

Meetings with Management/Supervisors

FYI
Anytime you meet with your supervisor or any manager at the retreat and you feel that the meeting is heading toward some sort of disciplinary action you are completely with-in your rights to stop the meeting and ask for Union representation before it goes any further. They must stop the meeting until you have representation.
Any question E-mail the UNION at 5086unap@gmail.com
or ask any union representative.

Joint Executive Council meeting

MATT SCHIBLEY (Social worker rep.) and I went to Rode Island on Wednesday March 11 to attend the Joint Executive Council meeting of UNAP. It was good to have somebody besides myself go to the meeting. I think the meeting gave Matt a new perspective on the Union. We sometimes forget we are a part of a larger organization and this becomes apparent at the monthly Executive council meeting.
Sitting around the table with all the others presidents of the many other locals gives one a new appreciation of the fact that we are one local of many. Even with this you begin to understand that we all are struggling against the same thing, Management that can at times become out of control. It is good to know that in these times of economic crisis we are part of a UNION and we have rights guaranteed by our collective bargaining agreement, our contract.

Meal and Rest Breaks

We seem to be having trouble getting breaks. So we have posted the section of the contract on this page so you will know your rights under the contract.

Section 14.2 - Rest And Meal Periods

Employees scheduled to work a shift of six (6) hours or more, or two consecutive six (6) hour shifts, will be entitled to a one-half hour unpaid meal period for each shift. The one-half hour unpaid meal period shall be scheduled first considering patient care needs and then employee preference.

Rest periods fifteen (15) minutes shall be given as scheduled by the Hospital in each one-half (4-hour) tour of duty.

Regarding Meal and Rest Breaks:

Management is willing to be flexible in assigning meal and break times including the ability to combine meal and rest breaks into a single break at any time during the shift. It is understood that individual program managers/supervisors will solely determine when and if such flexibility can occur. Further, Management in no way guarantees that such practice will continue. The union agrees that such practices are not guaranteed, that not all individuals are guaranteed this flexibility and that not all programs can or will schedule in the same manner. Management will not exercise this flexibility in an unreasonable manner. This flexibility agreement and/or the hospital’s exercise of its judgment hereunder is not grievable.

If you don't get a break please send an E-mail to 5086unap@gmail.com
or contact any union offical