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This holiday, there’s no better time to buy union-made in America. 

When you buy union-made goods, you’re supporting good jobs in America’s communities, jobs that provide living wages and benefits, safe working conditions, and dignity and respect for work. Show your solidarity and look for these quality products, produced by union members, when preparing for your Thanksgiving feast. 

The Membership Meeting dates for 2025 have been tentatively set by the Executive Board.

They are:      

Thursday, January 30, 2025            Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Tuesday, April 29, 2025                  Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Mark your next year’s calendars now!

The fall membership meeting was held on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 via Zoom. Candidates for the open positions were presented in addition to union updates and announcements. A formal election was not held due to the exact number of candidates for open positions and were chosen by acclamation as follows:

Andrea Rafferty – Vice President
Michelle Jenkins – Secretary

Directors:
Barbara Breedlove
Rosario R. Garcia
Janet Hershberger
Stephen Stofflet

Carolyn Hughey – Audit Committee

50th Anniversary Gala

Thank you to everyone who joined us at CTU’s 50^th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, East Lansing. It was a wonderful event with dinner, dancing, historical displays, a photobooth, with special gifts for members and their guests.

If you were unable to attend any of the anniversary events or had scheduling conflicts, you still get a CTU gift for being a member. Contact the CTU office to schedule a time to pick up your gift.

And for CT members on other campuses, if you aren’t able to get to Lansing or East Lansing for the events, we will be bringing the goodies to you later this fall.

We haven’t forgotten you! 😊

For questions, please contact the CTU Office (517-355-1903) or email.

To view photos from the event, please click HERE.

Hope the summer was good for you and you got some time away from work for rest and recreational activities!

MSU Benefits Open Enrollment opens next week. Yup NEXT TUESDAY is October 1. This is the time when you need to affirm your benefits choices and make sure you have filled out your spousal affidavit to make sure your spouse has benefits. You have received information from MSU Human Resources on this too. there is a Benefits Fair on Oct 3, 12-7, at the Breslin Center. Check out all of the resources at hr.msu.edu.

Take good care.

In solidarity,

Deb

Dear CT,

We will not hold an election in October. Our constitution provides that we hold an election only if one of the open positions are contested. We now have only four candidates vying for the four available 2-year director positions, and we have only one candidate running for each of the other open positions.

Instead of an election, the candidates will be affirmed by acclimation of the members at the October 23 Membership Meeting. We need a quorum at this meeting so please mark your calendar now to attend on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. As always, lots of prizes and interesting topics for discussion.

The following are the members who have stepped forward to represent the membership:

Vice President (Two-Year term; expiring 2026): Andrea Rafferty

Secretary (Two-Year term; expiring 2026): Michelle Jenkins

Directors

• 4 Two-Year terms; expiring 2026 :  Barbara Breedlove, Rosario Garcia, Janet Hershberger, Stephen Stofflet

Audit Committee

• 1 Three-Year term; expiring 2027:  Carolyn Hughey

Member involvement is key to our success, and we thank every member who has stepped forward to be part of the CTU Leadership Team. Also, thank you to the Election Committee (Deb Bittner, Judy Redding, and Crissy Hodges-Chakrani) who was ready to run an election if it was needed!