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Join a union contingent of Newark folks at the MLK march 1/18/2025! March kicks off at noon, (see details below) and was called by our comrades and allies at Peoples Organization for Progress. 
Some folks are meeting earlier (11:30) at Veterans memorial park. Look for folks with union gear on! Rutgers PTLFC

Join a union contingent of Newark folks at the MLK march 1/18/2025! March kicks off at noon, (see details below) and was called by our comrades and allies at People's Organization for Progress.
Some folks are meeting earlier (11:30) at Veteran's memorial park. Look for folks with union gear on! Rutgers PTLFC301 organizations endorse Martin Luther King March. Please attend Martin Luther King March of Resistance, Saturday, January 18, 2025, 12:00 noon, Martin Luther King Statue, 495 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Newark, NJ. Ask your group to endorse. Sponsored by People’s Organization For Progress (POP). Endorsed by 301 organizations including: Local 108 Retail Wholesale Department Store Union UFCW AFL-CIO, Salvation and Social Justice, NAACP - New Jersey State Conference, NAACP New Brunswick Area Chapter, Showing Up for Racial Justice - New Jersey (SURJ-NJ), Newark Branch NAACP, Man Village Men’s Support Group, Latino Action Network, Bethany Baptist Church, Good Neighbor Baptist Church, Newark Interfaith Alliance, Make The Road New Jersey, International Black Women’s Congress, Justice For Bernard Placide Jr Foundation, Unifying Mothers & Men Initiative, Martin Luther King Commemoration Committee of Elizabeth, New Jersey, 350 NJ-Rockland, Seton Hall University Martin Luther King Scholarship Association, Integrated Justice Alliance, Muslim League of Voters of New Jersey, African-American Commission of Camden, Returning Citizens Support Group, West Orange for Humanity, Bergen County Black Caucus, United Parks As One, Cease Fire Now NJ, The Radical Elders, Irvington NAACP, American Friends Service Committee Prison Watch, PAL-Awda NY/NJ, Go Pro Radio, Occupy Bergen County, Solidarity Singers of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council, North New Jersey Democratic Socialists of America, New Jersey Poor People’s Campaign, Newark North Jersey Black Churchmen, Not On My Watch, New Jersey National Action Network (NJ NAN), Jumpstart, Wisdom Shapes Minds Community Development Corporation, Community All Unite TV, WSM Associates LLC, CHS Construction Company, RiverSand Development LLC, Metamorphosis Development Enterprise LLC, CS2 Development LLC, Street To Street Mentorship, Corey Lewis Teague, National Black Political Convention, All Politics Are Local, Lazos America Unida, New Jersey Black Issues Convention, Food and Water Watch, Let’s Save Paterson, Metropolitan Baptist Church, NJ AFL CIO, RWDSU UFCW District Council, South Ward Environmental Alliance, Jewish Voice For Peace-Northern NJ, New Jersey Coalition for Justice, Nesbitt Funeral Home, Friends of NJ Legacy Foundation, Mt Teman AME Church, Foremost Productions, Pax Christ NJ, Newark Civilian Complaint Review Board, Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark Anti-Violence Coalition, NJ Communities for Accountable Policing, NJ Alliance for Immigration Justice, African Diaspora for Justice, Elizabeth Vulcans, Urban League of Essex County, Urban League of Union County, National United Youth Council, African American Alliance USA, New Jersey Peace Action, Greater Newark Chapter NAN, Journey To Justice, NAN South Jersey Chapter, Justice for Drew JC, Young Professionals for Justice, Black Lives Matter Paterson, Elombe Brath Coalition, Newark’s Impact, American Civil Liberties Union of NJ, Faith In New Jersey, Clean Water Action, NJ ACTION 21, Greater Unity Faith Tabernacle, Holy Renaissance Ministries United Church of God, First Bethel Baptist Church Rev Grady James III & Rev Grady James IV, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, MAPSO Freedom School, The Phillip Pannell Foundation, UMAA Network: Urban Matters Advocacy & Action, Keur Soutoura, Family of Jesus Crucified Ministry Incorporated, Daughters Friends & Sisters in The Lord for Africa, Miss Africa Tri State Pageant, African Views Organization, Newwave African World, Benloren Nigerian Enterprises, Sterling Funding Inc, Institute for Peace and Leadership USA, Community Safe Zone, Hear My Cries, Inspired By You, Frontiers International Plainfield Area Club, Justice And Unity Campaign, New Jersey Working Families Party, New Jersey Blind Veterans Association, Amazon Labor Union-IBT Local 1, Our Revolution NJ, REFAL, International Action Center, Workers World Party, United National Antiwar Coalition, Resistencia en Accion NJ, Mt. Airy United Fellowship of Philadelphia, Gregory Thomas Foundation, South Ward District Police Association, Heard AME Church, Essex West Hudson Labor Council, Montclair State Adjunct Faculty Union AFT Local 6025, Unity Freedom Baptist Church, Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee New Jersey, NAACP: Oranges & Maplewood Branch, A. Philip Randolph Institute Essex & Union County Chapters, Build More Unity, New Jersey Faith Allies for Reparations Task Force: Say the Word, You Gone Learn Today, Venceremos Brigade Local Committee, Health Professionals and Allied Employees, HPAE Local 5089, HPAE Local 5094, Union Baptist Church of Montclair, Ambassador Builders Ministry, New Life Body of Christ, Ronald Jones Interfaith Community Outreach, St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Kenilworth, Highland Park Ecology and Environmental Group, AFSCME Local 2298 Newark Public Library, New Jersey State Industrial Union Council (IUC), Teaneck Peace and Justice Vigil, Marlo’s Restaurant, Brick City Peace Collective, Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery, Prodigal Sons And Daughters Behavioral Healthcare Services, Peers Understanding Strategies for Healing, Peers Understanding Strategies for Help, The UpperRoom House of Worship, Whole Life World Changing Church, The City of Love International, CWA Local 1037, CWA Local 1077, NTU- Local 481, United Community Corp. (UCC), Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church, Party for Socialism and Liberation - New Jersey, Israel Memorial A.M.E. Church, CWA Local 1081, The National Association of Black Social Workers-New Jersey, Interfaith Action Movement (IAM), The NJ Chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists, NY Metro Area Local 10 of The American Postal Workers' Union, Seton Hall University Africana Studies Program, Black Lives Matter - Elizabeth, New Community Corporation, The Reformed Church of Highland Park, Interfaith Rise, Weequahic Park Association, Operation Grow Inc, North Jersey Black Caucus For Social Justice, Robert Hill Foundation, Breathing Poets Society, Breathing for Breya "Blackberry Molasses," Generation II IPPON DO SCHOOL OF MARTIAL ARTS, New Jersey Citizen Action, Northern NJ Local of the Socialist Party USA, Alexander Skye Group, Nells Sweet Retreat, Divest NJ, North Jersey Pipeline Walkers, The Wei LLC, Newark Solidarity Coalition, Royal Elite Dance Company, Alpha XI Omega Alumni Chapter of IOTA PHI THETA, Masjid Al-Hadi, Mosque 25, St Michael’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church, The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations-Newark, NJ, NuFamily Inc, Climate Mama, Jackie Robinson Little League, St John Baptist Church, Black Cops Against Police Brutality, Kappa Alpha Psi - Newark Alumni Chapter, Committee To Eliminate Media Offensive To African People (CEMOTAP), Brothers Building A Better Nation, St James AME Church, December 12th Movement, Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, Melanintellect LLC, Institute of the Black World 21st Century, Faculty for Justice in Palestine-Rutgers Chapter, Greater New Jersey Gateway Climate Reality Project, 41 Gentlemen Association, Mothers of Murdered Sons And Daughters (MOMSAD), New Jersey Association of Black Educators (NJABE), RU4Palestine, Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War, Waterspirit, Coalition For Peace Action, Central New Jersey Revolutionary Youth, St Matthew AME Church - Orange, NJ, and Mt Zion AME Church - Millburn, NJ, Hackensack Riverkeeper, Inc., Franklin Twp. JFK Democratic Club-Somerset County, Central Jersey Environmental Defenders, St. Luke A.M.E. Church Newark, NJ, The Ed Cotton Foundation, Mount Zion Baptist Church - Newark NJ, Amalgamated Transit Union New Jersey (ATU NJ), Helping Hands Community Outreach Inc., Council On American Islamic Relations - New Jersey (CAIR-NJ), BET HaSHEM YHWH, AFT Local 1904 at Montclair State University, Resurrected Community Development Corporation, Inc, IUPAT DC21 Core Committee, Union Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Young Voters Association, Omega Psi Phi-Upsilon Phi Chapter, Greenfaith International Inc, Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ, South Jersey Progressive Democrats, The Essex Times, Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, South Jersey for Gaza, Veterans For Peace/Chapter 021 (Northern New Jersey), Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church-Trenton NJ, CASA, National Awareness Alliance, Franciscan Response to Fossil Fuels, Ethical Culture Society of Essex County, New Jersey, Philadelphia Area Black Radical Congress, Humanity Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry Sr.-Founding President-Herbert Daughtry Global Ministries, Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill, New Labor, Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey, Montclair NAACP Youth Council, Good Deeds, Afrikan Echoes, Initials Entertainment & Productions LLC, OPPYMCO, Utility Workers Union of America Local 601, American Muslims for Palestine NJ, Port Workers and Communities for Palestine, Garden State Equality, Phillips Metropolitan Christian Methodist Church, International Free and Accepted Modern Masons Inc and Order Of The Eastern Star, Morris County NOW - National Organization for Women, Communist Party USA NJ District, New Jersey Friends Of People’s World, 350 Bay Area Action, 1199J AFSCME, Foundation of Shakiaa Garrett, Northern NJ NOW, Men Of Essex, East Orange Old Guard, South Orange Vailsburg United Church, AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE PARADE ORGANIZATION (AAHPO), UFCW NY-NJ District Council, University of Orange, The Merchantville Democratic Committee, Clinton Hill Seniors in Action, National Organization for Women - New Jersey, Morris County Human Relations Commission, United Panther Movement, Movimiento Consecha, NJ B.U.R.N., Elorm Ocansey Ministry Foundation, 4 Asbury Park CPC, St. Paul A.M.E. 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Tomorrow 11/19 @ 11:30am–12:30pm
Join us for a joint @ruaaup_ptl & @ruaaup New Brunswick Chapter Member Meeting!
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Rutgers @rutgers_learn and @newworkingmajority Maj Rutgers @rutgers_learn and @newworkingmajority Majority are offering a Union Leadership Academy course beginning in February. The course will last 6 weeks and costs $100. Union and worker organization stewards, activists, staff, officers should take this class.
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YouTube Video VVVKSjN5YzRIcjZmN1NsNnBaSEZVWVhnLlZJZzVFVWdIM1lJ The open enrollment period for the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP) runs through the end of October; you can make changes to your health plan until October 31 (the changes will go into effect next January 1). This Coalition of Rutgers Unions (CRU) town hall meeting is about your health insurance options so you can make decisions about whether you would like to switch plans.

RUAAUP Website with all calculators and links for more sessions:
https://rutgersaaup.org/oct-24-29-and-30-cru-town-hall-meetings-on-health-insurance-open-enrollment/

Scroll down for links mentioned in the video.

00:14 Introduction and Housekeeping
00:55 Navigating the State Health Benefits Program
02:19 Plan Comparisons and Options
03:27 High Deductible and HMO Plans
04:26 Tiered Network Plans and Out-of-Network Benefits
06:02 Plan Selection and Cost Analysis
21:40 Prescription Plans and Mail Order Options
24:57 Navigating the Horizon and Aetna Websites
32:29 Memorial Sloan Kettering and Anthem Agreement Issues
36:07 Comparing Out of Nework Benefits Under the Family Plans
39:59 Switching Plans and Open Enrollment
43:16 Dental Plan Options and Costs
49:57 Out-of-Pocket Maximums and Co-Insurance
59:14 Wellness Benefits
01:00:14 Final Q&A 
01:03:39 Improving Future Health Benefits through the Union 

Doc in Video:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c-UTRCiYVg0EkRcQqDZISHaSINajV_RyCO5ZlOmqi9g/edit
The open enrollment period for the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP) runs through the end of October; you can make changes to your health plan until October 31 (the changes will go into effect next January 1). This Coalition of Rutgers Unions (CRU) town hall meeting is about your health insurance options so you can make decisions about whether you would like to switch plans.

RUAAUP Website with all calculators and links for more sessions:
https://rutgersaaup.org/oct-24-29-and-30-cru-town-hall-meetings-on-health-insurance-open-enrollment/

Scroll down for links mentioned in the video.

00:14 Introduction and Housekeeping
00:55 Navigating the State Health Benefits Program
02:19 Plan Comparisons and Options
03:27 High Deductible and HMO Plans
04:26 Tiered Network Plans and Out-of-Network Benefits
06:02 Plan Selection and Cost Analysis
21:40 Prescription Plans and Mail Order Options
24:57 Navigating the Horizon and Aetna Websites
32:29 Memorial Sloan Kettering and Anthem Agreement Issues
36:07 Comparing Out of Nework Benefits Under the Family Plans
39:59 Switching Plans and Open Enrollment
43:16 Dental Plan Options and Costs
49:57 Out-of-Pocket Maximums and Co-Insurance
59:14 Wellness Benefits
01:00:14 Final Q&A 
01:03:39 Improving Future Health Benefits through the Union 

Doc in Video:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c-UTRCiYVg0EkRcQqDZISHaSINajV_RyCO5ZlOmqi9g/edit
CRU Town Hall Meeting on Health Insurance Open Enrollment
The Academic Freedom Committees of our two unions organized this lunchtime teach-in: “Academic Freedom Under Attack: How We Can Fight Back Together” on Friday, October 18, at 1 p.m. 

Access Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TpZf42mZjchScxMH8tGr89a36PS7ZFR5CSc4BjJZ6lI/edit?usp=sharing 

Scroll down for resource links and more information. 

00:00 Introduction with moderator Audrey Truschke 
04:02 Ellen Schrecker
16:09 Sahar Aziz
32:04 Donna Murch
45:21 Elyla Huertas
55:45 Closing remarks with Hank Kalet before closed Q&A

RUAAUP-AFT's Legal and Academic Resources for Academic Freedom and On-Campus Protests: https://rutgersaaup.org/legal-and-academic-resources-for-academic-freedom-and-on-campus-protests/ 

Center for Security, Race, and Rights lectures, including by Palestinians and Palestinian Americans: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLEbUfYcWGZapBNYvCObiCpp3qtxgH_jFy
For podcast listeners, the Race and Rights Podcast, available on all platforms: https://csrr.rutgers.edu/resources/race-and-rights-podcast/

Link to the Title VI complaint by Palestinian and Muslim law students brought against Rutgers Law School: https://adc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rutgers-T6-Final-4PM.pdf 

AAUP'S Blog the Academe: https://academeblog.org/

New Jersey ACLU's letter to colleges and college presidents on issues of academic freedom   Open Letter to College and University Presidents.
https://www.aclu-nj.org › news › open-letter-college-an...











https://www.aclu-nj.org/en/complaint-form




https://www.aclu-nj.org/en/know-your-rights/role-police-protests




https://www.aclu-nj.org/en/know-your-rights/know-your-protest-rights
Academic Freedom Under Attack: How We Can Fight Back Together: A Lunchtime Teach-In
See resource links at the end of this description.

00:00 Intro
01:42 Important Terms
05:18 Dates to Keep in Mind
06:50 Eligibility
09:20 What are the Different Plans?
14:59 Tiered Network Plans
17:55 Q&A
21:11 Plan Comparisons
29:28 Costs
40:18 Q&A
46:42 Location Based Coverage
47:39 When and Who to Reach Out To 
53:50 Resources

Join the Union: rutgersaaup.org/join

Plan Comparisons: https://www.nj.gov/treasury/pensions/documents/hb/oe2024/ha0895.pdf 

Calculator: Horizon2024-premium-contribution-calculator 

Aetna: https://aetnastatenj.com/2024-contribution-calculator.php
Aetna Home Page: https://aetnastatenj.com/state-plans.php
Doctor/ Provider Search https://www.aetna.com/dsepublic/#/contentPage?page=providerSearchLanding&site_id=statenj

Horizon Home Page: https://www.horizonblue.com/shbp/
Doctor/Provider Search: https://www.horizonblue.com/shbp/tools-services/find-doctor
Percent of Premium: Aetna Freedom15/Horizon Direct 15, 1525, 2030, 2035, HD High/Low and HMOs

Charts
Percent of Salary: Aetna Freedom(2019)/Horizon NJ Direct(2019) and OMNIA/LibertyPlus https://www.nj.gov/treasury/pensions/documents/hb/contributions/ha1107.pdf

Percent of Premium: Aetna Freedom15/Horizon Direct 15, 1525, 2030, 2035, HD High/Low and HMOs
https://www.nj.gov/treasury/pensions/documents/hb/contributions/ha0885.pdf

State Health Benefits Program Home Page: https://www.nj.gov/treasury/pensions/hb-active-shbp.shtml
Grad TA/GA and Post Doc Healthcare Benefits Clinic
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