Leigh Anderson

New York

Writer and Author at Freelance

Author of THE GAMES BIBLE, Workman 2010. Has the least grasp of facts of all the writers at @lifehacker.

Articles

NYU Langone nurses win big

2 months ago | uft.org | Leigh Anderson

Federation of Nurses/UFT members at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn on Feb. 26 overwhelmingly ratified a contract that provides a 15.8% raise compounded over two years and includes new commitments from the hospital to address the chronic shortage of nurses. The agreement followed weeks of contentious negotiations that brought them to the brink of a strike. The union had filed a strike notice on Feb. 18, 10 days before the contract was due to expire.
Realizing the Future We Want: Leveraging Technology to Achieve a Better Health Care Experience for All

2 months ago | ncmedicaljournal.com | Leigh Anderson

Anderson, Leigh. 2019. "Realizing the Future We Want: Leveraging Technology to Achieve a Better Health Care Experience for All." North Carolina Medical Journal 80 (4): 224-28. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.80.4.224.
VNS Health nurses OK contract

Feb 7, 2025 | uft.org | Leigh Anderson

Federation of Nurses/UFT members who are licensed practical nurses with VNS Health overwhelmingly ratified a contract on Jan. 27 that provides a 7.5% increase in base pay over two years while establishing the employer’s contractual obligation to consider factors like parking availability, travel time and level of patient need when scheduling daily caseloads.
New telehealth benefit

Feb 6, 2025 | uft.org | Leigh Anderson

The UFT has created a new telehealth benefit for members who are not eligible for city health insurance. UFT members who are substitute paraprofessionals, per-diem teachers and members of the union’s ADAPT Community Network chapters can now access virtual medical care through the AllyHealth Telemedicine Program. The benefit is also being made available to UFT members in the Family Child Care Providers Chapter.
UFT’s large and diverse ‘family’

Feb 6, 2025 | uft.org | Leigh Anderson

Union leaders and representatives from the union’s private sector, nonprofit and Department of Education functional chapters gathered at union headquarters on Jan. 16 to kick off a new union initiative intended to showcase and amplify the work of members in the diverse titles and collective bargaining units in the UFT.
Eyeglasses and contact lenses

Nov 1, 2024 | uft.org | Leigh Anderson

As a member of the UFT Welfare Fund, you and your eligible dependents can obtain optical services once every two years. Your optical benefits entitle you to one pair of eyeglasses and an accompanying eye exam, or to contact lenses. Prescription sunglasses are also covered. To receive reimbursement for both your eye exam and your eyeglasses, you need to obtain both services at the same time and location.
Making the most of parent-teacher conferences

Nov 1, 2024 | uft.org | Leigh Anderson

For new teachers, leading productive and informative parent-teacher conferences while staying on schedule can be a Herculean effort. Here are a few tips to make the most of upcoming conferences. Lead with the positive. Consider each conference as having three brief “acts,” and Act 1 is communicating something positive about the child.
Relief for joint pain

Oct 21, 2024 | uft.org | Leigh Anderson

UFT Welfare Fund members, both in-service and retired, and their families now have special access to Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) thanks to a new partnership between the UFT Welfare Fund and the hospital. The new program, called HSS Perform, includes HSS Care Concierge, a dedicated team to answer members’ questions and help them explore options for treatment at the hospital.
Introducing UFT Childcare Connection

Sep 5, 2024 | uft.org | Leigh Anderson

This summer, the union launched Childcare Connection, a benefit to help UFT members find out if they qualify for free or reduced-cost child care as well as to find home-based child care providers near their home or work. UFT members now have access to an online tool that streamlines the often frustrating process of finding and applying for programs that can help offset the cost of child care.
Union wins more money for subs

Sep 3, 2024 | uft.org | Leigh Anderson

In the coming school year, the UFT plans to keep up the fight to secure appropriate pay and health benefits for long-term substitute teachers. A substitute teacher who begins a term teaching in a vacant position, or who begins in the middle of the term and performs the role of a regular classroom teacher for two months or more, should be recoded as Q-status, the payroll category that pays a sub at the rate of a first-year teacher and confers health benefits.