The Internal Revenue Service has announced the 2012 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.

The long protracted process in securing an agreement in the Town of Islip resulted in a satisfactory resolution to the numerous disagreements between UPSEU and the Town. UPSEU’s 380 member unit approved the agreement by a 10 to 1 margin.

UPSEU secured a significant arbitration victory on behalf of its Hamden Parks and Recreation members that will return four employees back to their positions with full back pay in a decision reached June 10, 2011 by the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations. The case centered around the town's decision to sub-contract out the Hamden ice rink to a private contractor last year.