member resources
Membership Benefits
- Accessing Your Membership Benefits (instructions for creating an account)
- NEA Benefits Portal (if you already have an account created)
Current Contracts & Guidelines
Employee Health Plan
Grievance & Performance Improvement
- Step 1 Grievance Form (PDF)
- Grievance Decision Review Form (PDF)
- UMS Work Performance Improvement Plan (PDF)
Downloads
- Desktop Wallpaper-Stronger Together-option1 (PNG)
- Desktop Wallpaper-Stronger Together-option2 (PNG)
- Zoom Background- Logo & Potted Plant (PNG)
- Zoom Background- Logo & Conference Table (PNG)
Miscellaneous Documents
- UMPSA Travel Expense Form (PDF)
- 6/4/2025 Open Letter: Protect Speech on our University Campuses (PDF)
State & Federal Links
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Department of Labor
- Family and Medical Leave (FMLA), Department of Labor
- National Labor Relations Act
- University of Maine System Labor Relations Act
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights (PDF)
- Employee Rights: Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (PDF)
Previous Contracts & Negotiated MOUs
- 2023-2024 1-Year Extension Contract (PDF)
- 2021-2023 Contract (PDF)
- 2022 UMPSA / UMS Remote Work MOU and Guidelines – Appendix F in the above CBA (PDF)
- 2019-2021 Contract (PDF)
- 2021 Sample Remote Work Request Form (PDF)
- UMPSA / UMS Booster MOU – December 2021 (PDF)
- UMPSA / UMS Remote Work MOU – July 18, 2021 (PDF)
- UMPSA / UMS Vaccinations MOU (PDF)
- UMPSA / UMS Return to Work and COVID-19 Phase 3 Testing MOU (PDF)
- COVID-19 Pandemic MOU – April 3, 2020 (PDF)
- 2017-2019 Contract (PDF)
- 2015-2017 Contract (PDF)
- Previous Contract Appendices (PDF)