by Sara Abronze | Mar 4, 2025 | News
UMPSA Members, The University of Maine System (UMS) needs our help. State funding for UMS has drastically declined over the past decades, and recent appropriations haven’t kept pace with inflation. This has forced campuses to make difficult choices, including...
by Frear Hook | Nov 18, 2024 | News
Hi all, Exciting news — the University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved the new 2024-2027 UMPSA Contract at its November 17-18 meeting at the University of Maine. The vote among your fellow UMPSA union members to ratify the Contract was 98% Yes, 2% No,...
by Frear Hook | Nov 7, 2024 | News
Hi UMPSA members, Good news! The vote among your fellow UMPSA union members to ratify the 2024-2027 Contract has concluded and it overwhelmingly passed: 98% Yes, 2% No, with 72% of all eligible UMPSA members voting. Thank you for your support! The next step is for the...
by Frear hook | Nov 5, 2024 | News
With the Open Enrollment period upon us, we thought this would be the ideal time to offer members an informative explanation of the University Self-Insured Plans, how rates are determined, and how (and why) our Employee Health Plans are negotiated separately from...
by Frear Hook | Oct 24, 2024 | News
Your UMPSA Negotiating Team and the UMaine System have come to a Tentative Agreement on a new three-year contract. We successfully brought the UMaine System back to the bargaining table, we presented a package of proposals: some originally proposed with modifications...
by Frear Hook | Sep 16, 2024 | News
Since our August negotiation update, your UMPSA Negotiating Team has continued to bargain with the UMaine System (UMS) Negotiating Team, typically once a week or (unfortunately) once every other week. We have made progress on several items, tentatively agreeing to six...
