Colleagues, I’m here in Albany and I am happy to report that the negotiations committee has unanimously voted to send the tentative contract out to our members for ratification vote. All of our efforts to get to the table early and conclude an agreement before our present one expired have succeeded. Everyone is thrilled […]
Author: Kat Kielar
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Virtual Office Closed June 4 & 5
Colleagues, As I need to go to Albany to learn some exciting news about the contract, I’ll need to close the virtual office while I’m away on Thursday, June 4 and Friday, June 5th. I encourage you to email buffalocenter@uupmail.org or me directly at uupkatkielar@pm.me and I’ll return your email while in my meeting or shortly afterwards. Thank […]
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Victory for Tier 6
Colleagues, A message from Fred Kowal… After months (and actually years…) of lobbying and pressuring policy makers (and others) to include UUP members of Tier 6 in any “fix,” I can report that we have won a great victory for our members in Tier 6. Though we don’t yet have a budget agreement, we have […]
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UUP Chapter Updates
Colleagues, On Wednesday the Chapter Board has made some decisions that the membership should be aware of. 1) Kevin Ragland has resigned from Treasurer effective June 1. Kevin has been outstanding in this position and we are sorry to see him go. We wish him all the best. Thank you Kevin for your years of […]
Colleagues, Yesterday Fred Kowal sent out this message regarding the contract. I apologize for any duplication of emails, but wanted everyone to see this message. There are good feelings that we are nearing the end of contract negotiations. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and continue to send warm thoughts to our colleagues serving on the […]