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TAUP Digest for the Week of 1/21-1/27

In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., TAUP wishes all of you a meaningful day, fired by the passion and genius for justice that marked the life of Dr. King and all who worked by his side.

Dr. King was assassinated while in Memphis, supporting the sanitation workers, who were members of AFSCME Local 1733.  Dr. King’s life and death remind us that struggles for justice intersect and remind us how urgent those struggles remain.

As we continue to prepare for negotiations, Dr. King is on our minds.  Article 3 of the TAUP contract, which bars discrimination in our union and at Temple, and Article 4, which affirms Affirmative Action, are on our minds on this day, as are your responses to these issues that we received in the bargaining survey.  TAUP will continue to honor Dr. King’s legacy by fighting for justice however and wherever we can, for our members and the wider campus community.

 

Negotiations Update:  Working Teams and Open Bargaining

Four teams have been assembled: the Table team, Research and Data team, Contract Campaign team, and Organizing team, in preparation for negotiations this semester. If you are interested in helping in this effort, we would be happy to have you aboard.  Just contact the TAUP office.

As we mentioned in our last e-bulletin, we are committed to open negotiations on campus in order to make the process more transparent.  We will be meeting this week with the administration to discuss their concerns about this approach. In open bargaining, members of the bargaining unit can attend negotiation sessions. There are ground rules for those who are visiting to ensure productive discussions. The Table Team benefits by having bargaining unit members in the room, who can be consulted during breaks.

Temple has engaged in open negotiations in the past, though not with TAUP.  The nurse’s union, PASNAP, is currently at the table with Temple in open bargaining; the administration should agree to the same process with TAUP. We feel that the transparency and the expertise that will be available to us through open negotiations will lead to a stronger contract for everyone in our union. We’ll keep you updated as we meet with the administration to discuss this further.

 

The L. A. Teachers’ Strike

Last week, the 32,000 members of the United Teachers of Los Angeles went out on strike for better wages, smaller class sizes, more school nurses and counselors, and an emphasis on community schools rather than charters.  TAUP stands in solidarity with them, and if you are interested in helping these teachers and their allies fight for the future of public education, here are two things you can do: 1) Contribute to the strike fund. 2) Support the strike on social media.

 

Long-Term Care Insurance  

We have been sending out email reminders about a new benefit we are offering to our members, Long-Term Care Insurance.  We are running workshops next week and open enrollment starts January 25th. If you are interested, call 215.901.7905 or Click Here.

 

Long-Term Care Insurance Enrollment Begins January 25th!

New Employee Benefit Offering Long-Term Care Insurance

Long-Term Care Insurance can be affordable.

SAMPLE PREMIUMS*
 

 

 

AGE

 $110 per day benefit

$80,300 Pool of Dollars | 2 Year Benefit Deferred

 $110 per day benefit

$80,300 Pool of Dollars | 2 Year Benefit Tailored BIO
Monthly Premium Monthly Premium
53 $76.34 $154.97
*These sample premiums are monthly premiums for a single individual and are subject to change without notice. Your plan rate may be different depending on your plan specifics. Premiums based upon Transamerica TransCare II 2016 Rates in Pennsylvania

Attend a workshop. Explore your options.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Date Location Times
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Howard Gittis Student Center, Room 220 12:30 PM or 1:30 PM
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Howard Gittis Student Center, Room 220 12:00 PM or 1:00 PM
Thursday, January 24, 2019 Howard Gittis Student Center, Room 223 12:30 PM or 1:30 PM

Workshops are open to all, please call 215.901.7905 or CLICK HERE to ensure a seat.

Not able to RSVP? Last minute participants are welcome!

Unisex Rates1 ● Spousal Discounts up to 30% ● Only 10 Health Questions for Full-time Employees, ages 18 – 652

Full-time Employees ages 66 – 79 are eligible to apply with Full Underwriting 
Call 215.901.7905 or Click Here

to RSVP for an on-campus workshop!

Unisex rates available to employees and family members; most individual LTCi offerings employ gender based pricing, where rates for

females are more expensive.

2Full-Time employees are those working 30+ hours per week. All spouses and family members will undergo full health screening

 

TAUP Student Debt Clinics: Become a Facilitator or Attendee

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Imagine being faced with the option of living without a college degree, or living for years with high levels of student debt.

Students and alumni struggle constantly with the debt they have acquired as they pursue their educations. This debt has a profound and lasting negative impact on their lives. Student debt–now at $1.5 trillion–also has a long-term negative effect on the economy as a whole, discouraging borrowers from making substantial purchases and starting businesses.

For our students, it increases their stress while in school, forcing them to make decisions about what classes to take, what major to pursue, what apartment to rent and what food to buy.  For many, it suppresses access to a college education and affects retention. Too many students are pressured to drop out of school, or never to attend in the first place. It has had a significant influence on universities–including Temple–as a place to study and as a place to work.

TAUP will be offering student debt clinics this semester for students, faculty, staff, alums, and members of the local community.

Learn How to Run a Student Debt Clinic: January 12th and 13th

January 12th, 10:30am-6pm and the 13th 9am-4pm

Paley Library Lecture Hall

Anyone who is interested in working on this issue and helping people with debt is welcome to attend a two-day training. After completing this training, you will be able to co-facilitate a TAUP student debt workshop. See the link below to register.

Attend a Student Debt Clinic

Saturday from 4:30 – 6pm

Paley Library Lecture Hall

If you don’t have an interest in facilitating future clinics but have debt and would like to learn about the options available to you, a Student Debt Clinic will be incorporated into the facilitators’ training, occurring on See the link below to register.

To Register for the Training or the Clinic

If you are interested in either option, click on this link. In response to the questions, if you are in the TAUP collective bargaining unit, your affiliate is the Temple Association of University Professionals, Local #4531. If you are not affiliated with an AFT union, type in NO AFFILIATE.

To train to become a facilitator, select “Philadelphia Train the Trainer” from the drop down menu.

To attend the student debt clinic on Saturday, select “Philadelphia Student Debt Clinic”.

The clinic is a prelude to a Town Hall on Student Debt on 1/16 from 6-8 p.m. hosted by Sara Goldrick-Rab (Education and CLA) and the Hope Center For College, Community, and Justice.

If you have questions, please contact the TAUP office taupaft@gmail.com