UVM STAFF UNITED
WHO WE ARE:
UVM Staff United is the clerical, specialized, technical and professional staff at UVM. Together, as UVM Staff United, we are organizing for collective power to bargain wages, benefits and working conditions, and for equity, transparency, justice and respect at UVM.
EVENTS SCHEDULE
September 25th, 5:00 - 8:00 PM | UVMSU Fall Social
Location : Pizza 44, 703 Pine St
Come join the captains, Ellen, Claire, Deidre, and Jack, to compete in a 4-team pub trivia challenge! We’ll eat and mingle from 5-6 and then have trivia from 6-7:30. RSVP in your member email.
September 26th, 2:00 PM | GSU Rally for a Fair Contract
Location : Howe Library Steps
UVMSU: let’s show up for our union siblings who have consistently shown up for us. Wear your t-shirt or button and stand in solidarity for fair treatment of workers at UVM!
September 30th, 7:00 PM | Towers of Ivory & Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom (Will Miller Lecture Series)
Location : UVM Recital Hall
UVMSU is a co-sponsor of this Will Miller Social Justice Series lecture. Our board believes that it is critical for us as a union to explore and wrestle with the subject of Israel’s destruction of Palestine, the impact to its people, and investigate the ways in which it intersects with higher education and with labor.
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Dependents Audit: Q&A from Member Meetings
SU Co-Presidents meet with new UVM President Marlene Tromp
Stories from the Professional Development Fund
Events:
Lunch & Learn on our new committees, Solidarity and Mutual Aid & Assistance - August 28th
Labor Day Solidarity March & Rally- September 1st
AFT Vermont Skillshare- September 6th
UVMSU Fall Social- September 25th
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After HR’s email caused confusion on Tuesday, our unions requested clarification on a number of points.
Our questions and HR’s responses.
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Dependents Audit Update: New developments, member meetings
Identity Center Reorganization Update
Professional Development Fund: New Application Coming September 1st
Events:
Lunch & Learn- August 28th
Labor Day Solidarity March & Rally- September 1st
AFT Vermont Skillshare- September 6th
UVMSU Fall Social- September 25th
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Dependents Audit Rally Today!
Professional Development Fund: New Application Coming This Month
Events:
Lunch & Learn- August 28th
Labor Day Solidarity March & Rally- September 1st
AFT Vermont Skillshare- September 6th
Fall Social- September 25th
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Stop The Identity Centers’ Reorg Action- August 13th
Dependents Audit Update and Action Plan
Events:
Lunch & Learn- August 28th
AFT Vermont Skillshare- September 6th
Fall Social- September 25th
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Dependents Audit Update and Action Plan
Events:
Lunch & Learn- August 28th
AFT Vermont Skillshare- September 6th
Fall Social- September 25th
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Reminder: Take the Dependents Audit Survey!
Urgent Solidarity Request from Community Health United
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Unions stand up to 3rd-party Dependent Audit - take the survey and watch the video!
July 1 Raise & Longevity Bonuses
Register: Strike School, July 26
Labor Solidarity News:
Migrant Justice call to support Wuendy Bernardo 7/21
UVMMC SSU call to support Steven Tendo 7/21
ICE arrests California Professor, community responds
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Dependents Audit Survey
July 1 Raise & Longevity Bonuses
Support Prism Center colleagues
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Dependent audit update: Member Meeting tomorrow 7/2 on Zoom
Layoffs update
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Layoffs Update: VT Digger op-ed published, alternatives proposed
Dependent audit update: demand to bargain sent
UVMSU FY26 Budget vote results
Retro pay update
Sick Leave Bank donations open through June 30
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UVMSU Budget vote open until Friday
Sick Leave Bank donations open through June 30
Dependent audit & UVMSU
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UVMSU Budget Member Meeting Tomorrow (6/12) at Noon
Sick Leave Bank Donations Open
No Kings Rally, 6/14
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UVMSU Budget Documents & Member Meetings June 10 & 12
Updated UVMSU Contract Page
Library and Treasurer’s Office Layoffs
Payment letters - update and status
Events:
People’s Pride, June 7
No Kings Rally, June 14
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Library and Treasurer’s Office Layoffs
UVMSU Budget Member Meetings June 10 & 12 - Registration Open
Paycheck Letters - Update and Status
Vermont Green FC - Labor Night, 5/31! Get your tickets!
Contract Celebration Photos!
UVMSU-UA Joint Statement on Library Layoffs
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Retirement Incentive Program
Library Layoffs
UVMSU Budget Member Meetings June 10 & 12 - Registration Open
Paycheck Updates
Contact VT Congressional Delegation TODAY re: Higher Ed Funding
Cuts
Vermont Green FC- Labor Night, 5/31! Get Your tickets!
Solidarity:
Two Farmworkers Released, Three In Court
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New Pay Rates and Retroactive Pay Issued in This Week’s Payroll
H.173 Update
Solidarity:
Rally for Kseniia Petrova (5/14)
AFT-VT Fair Share Online Action
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Contract Celebration (5/9)
Contract Implementation Payroll Update
Welcome to new Area Stewards!
Solidarity:
Rally for Rumeysa Ozturk (5/9)
Rally for Kseniia Petrova (5/14)
AFT-VT Fair Share online action
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Video on H.173 - Contact your legislators
Contract Implementation Payroll Update
Events:
March for Mohsen Mahdawi (4/30)
May Day 2025 (5/1)
Contract Celebration (5/9)
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Contract Updates and Implementation
March for Mohsen Mahdawi (4/23)
Events:
Union Power 2025 Conference (4/26)
May Day 2025 (5/1)
Contract Celebration (5/9)
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Board of Trustees Ratifies our Contract & FAQs
Events:
Today: National Day of Action Higher Ed
Strike Conference
May Day 2025
Contract Celebration
Solidarity:
Letter to Vermont State Education Secretary
Support Scholarships for VSC
We did it: UVM Staff United has voted overwhelmingly to ratify our contract. In the final tally, 923 people or 77% of our membership voted in our ratification election, with 919 voting yes and 4 voting no. With the close of voting at 5pm yesterday, our contract was officially ratified on the UVM Staff United side. This contract - our union’s second ever - represents an advance in worker rights at the University of Vermont. In every article, we either made progress or maintained status quo: there are no losses to our rights in this contract.
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We Ratified Our Contract & FAQs
Events:
Grad Student Union Birthday Event
National Day of Action for Higher Ed
Strike Conference
Contract Celebration
Solidarity:
Letter to Vermont State Education Secretary
Support Scholarships for VSC
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Ratification Vote In Progress
If you haven’t voted yet, you have until tomorrow, Wednesday, April 9th, at 5pm.
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We have a TA! Member Meetings and Contract Ratification Vote
What does a yes or no vote mean?
What’s in the new contract?
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We Reached Tentative Agreement!
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All Out to Bargaining Friday, 3/28!
UVMSU Testifies on Right to Strike (H.173)
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Reminder: UVMSU Member Meetings Today (3/25) & Tomorrow (3/26) at noon
Tentative Bargaining and Week of Action Dates
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Pledge to Take Action
Legislative Action Day Report-Out
Other Updates: NIH Indirects, Sick Leave Bank, “Total Rewards”
AFT Connections
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Update on UVM response to Executive Orders
Lunch & Learn Report-Out
Sign-up: 2/27 AFT Vermont Legislative Action Day
AFT Connections: More organizing wins, Statehouse updates, and AFT membership benefits
MEMBER UPDATES
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