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The UCPEA Sick Leave Bank is one of our most important contractual benefits providing an essential safety net for UCPEA-represented employees experiencing or caring for a dependent spouse or child experiencing serious and catastrophic illness or injury.

Please consider donating so the bank can continue to make a difference in the lives of colleagues in need.

Who doesn't like getting a handwritten postcard in the mail? Especially when it's from a fellow union member? If you like sending them, then join us at one or more of our Solidarity Signing events. Like all hard-earned union benefits, these 2,000 postcards won't magically appear. Please consider signing as many postcards as you can.

Ask questions, hear the latest contract negotiations updates from the UCPEA Contract Action Team (CAT), and help us fill 36 seats by signing up as an observer.

The UCPEA Professional Issues Committee sponsored the More Work, More Pay event on November 12, which explored reclassification, career progression, temporary salary increases, and comp time.

The informational presentation for the event is available to download.

The deadline for proposing amendments to the UCPEA's Constitution is April 1, 2026.

The UCPEA Contract sets up separate accrual rates and expiration dates for each category of earned time. This is time that UCPEA members earn through their work and service to the University community, and the time should be used to avoid expiration.

As the holiday season approaches, it's important to remember to take the time off you're entitled to!

Remember, your vacation time balance will continue to grow until you hit the maximum of 60 days. If your balance exceeds 60 days, any time above the maximum will be lost after December 31st if no action is taken. Holiday time also expires at the end of the calendar year. If you worked on a holiday in 2024 and earned holiday comp time for your labor, that time will be lost on December 31st if no action is taken.

The UCPEA Executive Board joins other officers, boards, councils, and executive directors in asking President Maric, Governor Lamont, Senate President Looney and Speaker Ritter to join others in speaking out against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education.

The UCPEA Membership Services Committee is excited to host our annual Winter Celebration, and we’re reaching out for door prize donations! 

October update on contract negotiations. The UCPEA Negotiating Committee met with the University’s team on Friday, October 3, and passed new proposals on Article 10: Civic Responsibilities and Article 31: Reclassification, and an amended proposal on Article 17: Student Health and Wellness. The University also shared a counterproposal on Article 11: Sick Time during the same session...