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Update on Contract Negotiations Between University and Service Workers Union
For the past several months, the University has been actively engaged in negotiations with the Service Employees International Union/1199 and Local 200 with regard to a renewed contract for its union workers. The University and SEIU have reached consensus on the non-compensation aspects of a renewed contract, but have yet to reach agreement on the economic aspects—pay, health insurance, time off, and outsourcing.
‘Health Impact Assessment: Connecting Research With Policy’
Katrina Smith Korfmacher, associate professor of environmental medicine and director of community outreach and engagement core for the Environmental Health Sciences Center, will present “Health Impact Assessment: Connecting Research with Policy to Shape Determinants of Health” at the next Public Health Grand Rounds on Friday, Sept. 21. The talk, which starts at noon in the Helen Wood Hall Auditorium, will provide an introduction to health impact assessment, an overview of efforts in the Rochester area (including Rochester’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program), and reflections on the potential of the health impact assessment to broadly inform policy in our region.