Dear Colleagues, Please see the following opportunity from VOYA: How will you respond to this Bear Market –Tuesday November 15th 12:00 pm – 1:00 pmChapter Office (UB Commons, Suite 108)Lunch will be provided RSVP to Molly Pecoraro at: Molly@TeamIFS.com or 716-626-3928 How are you managing Bear Market Anxiety? Are you wondering if you can still retire […]
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Dear Colleagues, Attached are two university policies currently under review through the University Policy Committee. Members are asked to review these and send any comments to kmkielar@buffalo.edu by Wednesday, November 9th. In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center Ethics PolicyNaming Policy and Attachments
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Release Time for Voting
Dear Colleagues, New York State Election Law § 3-110 allows employees time to vote. This law sets the requirements and instructions for those employees wishing to have time off to vote. Wording from that law can be found at:https://www.suny.edu/media/suny/content-assets/documents/benefits/postings/attentionemployees(1).pdf In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center
Dear Colleagues, Open enrollment for the Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP) has started and continues through December 12! The PEP program provides a means by which eligible employees – generally, NYSHIP enrollees who earn vacation and currently make less than $103,433 a year – may cash in previously accrued vacation days for a bi-weekly credit to […]
Dear Colleagues, Recently, the 2022 Stanford University study was released and the following UUP Buffalo Center Chapter Members were ranked among all UB researchers (living/deceased, across all disciplines). Lead by Deborah Chung who was ranked #1, the following is the list of UUP Members and their respective rankings: 1. Deborah Chung (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering) 5. […]
Dear Colleagues, On the 11th hour…of the 11th day…of the 11th month…the fighting of World War I ended in 1918. Due to the conclusion of “the War to end all Wars,” November 11th became a universally recognized day of celebration. The day was originally declared “Armistice Day” 8 years after the end of World War […]
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from Statewide President, Mr. Fred Kowal: Dear Colleagues, I am extremely pleased to inform you that the NYS Office of Employee Relations has again agreed to suspend the January 1 40-day vacation credit cap contained in Article 23.2(d) of the 2016-2022 State/UUP Agreement. As you will recall, two similar […]
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Office Closed
Dear Colleagues, Please be advised that the physical office (Commons Suite 108) will be closed on Monday, October 31st, 2022. The virtual office will be open, please call or email: 716-276-3377 orbuffalocenter@uupmail.org. In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from UUP Statewide President, Mr. Fred Kowal: Colleagues, It’s that time of year again! The open enrollment period for the NYS Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for 2023 runs from November 1 through December 12, 2022. The FSA is a negotiated benefit which provides eligible employees with the ability to […]
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from UUP Statewide President, Mr. Fred Kowal: Colleagues, Contract negotiations are underway, and we want to make sure that every UUP member is educated and involved. Please join us for an upcoming Contingent Faculty Negotiations Town Hall to learn about the status of UUP/New York State contract negotiations and ask […]