Dear Colleagues, We are at a critical crossroads on contract negotiations with the state. Your attendance is needed to show support for a fair contract! A Western New York wide Contract Rally is scheduled for May 6th beginning at 11:00 a.m.. Family, friends and colleagues are invited! Registration is highly encouraged as there will food, […]
Category: Call To Action
Dear Colleagues, The latest Negotiations Bulletin is now available on the Members’ Only website (https://uupunion.org/myuup/MembersOnly/). We focus on key demands—compensation, job security, and telecommuting—where UUP and the State remain far apart. To win the contract that we deserve, we are calling on members to show up in force for contract actions over the next few […]
Dear Colleagues, SUNY’s economic impact in New York State is $28.6 billion. This represents a 27 percent growth in overall state economic impact since 2008. The SUNY system educates 436,277 students, employs 77,900 faculty and staff (37,000+ are UUP), and has an operating budget of $11.2 billion. Do you like the raise structure for a four-year […]
Dear Colleagues, As you are aware, your UUP Negotiations Team Members are entering a critical phase in Contract Negotiations with New York State. UUP and the State remain far apart on several high-priority issues, notably compensation, job security, and telecommuting. Our task is clear if not necessarily easy: we must move the State to address UUP’s […]
Dear Colleagues, Please be aware of numerous counter events scheduled for Thursday, March 9th. They include: At 11 am, UB’s LBGTA club will be tabling in the Student Union Lobby (Unfortunately directly opposite from UBYAFs table). At 11 am, UB’s PRISM club will have an LGBTQ support table in the Student Union Lobby. At 5 […]
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Support for Starbucks Workers
Dear Colleagues, Please see the attached flyer regarding the latest efforts to support Starbucks workers. In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center
Dear Colleagues, Starbucks Workers United, the union that represents unionized Starbucks locations in New York and across the country, is asking union members and supporters to mark its first anniversary by signing it’s “No Contract, No Coffee Pledge”. Since holding its first organizing meeting in August 2021, Starbucks Workers United has won union elections at […]
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from your membership affiliation with NYSUT. The hearts of educators around the state are heavy after the racially motivated attack in our Buffalo community in May. Not only were three of the victims NYSUT members, (Margus Morrison, Pearl Young, and Aaron Salter, Jr.), but the attack occurred in the heart […]
Dear Colleagues, Please join us for the Buffalo March for our Lives rally next Saturday at 10:30am. We will join in solidarity with the other UUP Buffalo chapters to honor the victims/people impacted by the Buffalo massacre. We will meet on the corner of Jefferson & Glenwood at 10:15am. Please make sure to wear your UUP shirt […]
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Supporting the Community
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from UUP Statewide President, Mr. Fred Kowal: Colleagues, I have been asked by the UUP Chapter at Buffalo State to request that you join in a moment of silence on Friday at 2:30 pm to honor the victims of Saturday’s racist act of domestic terror in Buffalo and as […]