UIS Association of Graduate Employees

05/15/2012

Save Our Pensions is a community page dedicated to saving our pensions for Illinois public Universities.

04/16/2012

It's payday! Check your account to make sure you're getting paid the correct amount.

04/04/2012

AGE/UPI elections are on! Check your mailbox for your ballot.

03/22/2012

Informative and concise article on the changes to student insurance under the new Affordable Health Act... be sure to check this out if you are going to be on student insurance next year!

http://chronicle.com/article/New-Policy-Places-Greater/131261/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Health-insurance plans that colleges purchase for their students will soon be subject to stronger consumer protections similar to those set forth by the Obama administration's 2010 health-care reform law, according to new federal regulations issued on Wednesday.

03/09/2012

This is an interesting article on using social media in the workplace. Be sure you know your department's social media policy!

http://labornotes.org/2012/01/when-your-boss-doesnt-like-you-surviving-social-media

Social media are presenting new challenges for unions as employers develop policies and discipline employees for their posts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

03/06/2012

Employee tuition waivers are important for everyone. Check out this editorial from the State Journal-Register:

http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x1160492129/Our-Opinion-Don-t-end-employees-waivers-for-tuition

The state of Illinois owes its public universities $693.1 million, according to the Illinois Comptroller’s Office.

03/02/2012

Tuition Waiver Overview Webinar TODAY!

02/29/2012

https://www.facebook.com/saveourwaivers?sk=wall

Save Our Waivers is a community page dedicated to saving tuition waivers for Illinois public Universities.

02/25/2012

Informative article on caps to student insurance plans (i.e., the total limit that university student insurance plans will pay for a student's health care costs):

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/24/lifetime-benefit-caps-are-way-out-still-affect-college-students #.T0emkW1zLXE.mailto

Of course, there’s never a right time for an otherwise healthy 30-year-old graduate student to be diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. But even as portions of the federal health care reform law take effect, the story of how Guha ended up without insurance coverage for his chemotherapy suggests ther...

02/15/2012

AGE ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP! Last chance to run for President, Vice President, or Secretary - email [email protected] to get your name in.

02/08/2012

This article from the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette spells out the issue with taxing our tuition waivers, and explains what the University is doing about it.

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2012-02-07/graduated-withholding-rate-may-aid-ui-grad-assistants.html

URBANA — A new graduated withholding rate could help several hundred University of Illinois graduate assistants who are taxed on their tuition waivers, the UI says.Meanwhile, new figures show the university paid more than $1.4 million in back taxes that it failed to charge the graduate assistants fr...

02/03/2012

MEETING TONIGHT, 7 pm, free food and drinks! See you at Crows Mill Pub -- http://www.crowsmillpub.com/Location.html

Check out http://crowsmillpub.com!