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United University Professions (UUP), a state-wide local of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), is the bargaining unit for faculty and professional staff members employed by the State University of New York (SUNY) at all of its campuses and health sciences centers.
Your union not only negotiates the employment contract, but it also studies and recommends improvements to working life, attempts to correct problems, address injustices, and assure that all members receive their guaranteed rights and due process. This is accomplished through political activism, campus programs, and the many benefits available to members.
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Latest Updates
- Happy Holidays
- Considering Retiring?Considering Retiring?We encourage you to explore the following valuable resources UB’s Human Resources department, Retirement for state and research foundation https://www.buffalo.edu/administrative-services/for-faculty-staff/benefits/planning-my-retirement.html You will find links to valuable resources such as: UUP – provides periodic retirement on-line sessions to help you prepare for retirement as well. The next set of sessions are… Read more: Considering Retiring?
- 2026 UUP Scholarship AwardsPlease see the following information on the 2026 UUP Scholarship Awards: UUP College Scholarship competition, UUP William Scheuerman Post-baccalaureate Scholarship and the UUP Steve Street Award. 2026 UUP COLLEGESCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION 2026 UUP WILLIAM SCHEUERMAN POST-BACCALAUREATE SCHOLARSHIP The application deadline is March 1, 2026. Among other things, eligible candidates will:– be full-time undergraduate… Read more: 2026 UUP Scholarship Awards
- Reminder: Register for UUP’s Know Your Contract Lunch-and-Learn SessionsPlease see the following message from Statewide UUP President, Fred Kowal Dear Colleagues, Bargaining and enforcing our contract is arguably the most important thing that UUP does as a union. Our contract reflects the fact that UUP is the most diverse and comprehensive higher education union in the country. In addition to ensuring salary increases, it establishes rights and… Read more: Reminder: Register for UUP’s Know Your Contract Lunch-and-Learn Sessions
- Physical Office Closed TodayColleagues, Please be advised that the physical office in the Commons is closed today, Thursday, December 4. We are open virtually, please call or email – 716-276-3377 or buffalocenter@uupmail.org. Thank you. Best, Kathleen KielarChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center