Dear Colleagues, The current Telecommuting Agreement has been extended until August 31st, 2022. In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center
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Contract Negotiations Update
Dear Colleagues, UUP has formally begun negotiations with the State. The Negotiations team has presented the full package of conceptual proposals, and there are now two additional meetings in June scheduled to hear the State’s proposals and to begin digging into the issues under consideration. As a reminder, the posted copies of the conceptual proposals, […]
Please see the following from Statewide President, Fred Kowal: Dear Colleagues, It’s official. Negotiations over our next contract with the State have begun. On Friday, May 27, the UUP Negotiations Team met with representatives from the State’s Office of Employee Relations, Department of Civil Service, Division of the Budget and SUNY to formally begin negotiations. At this first […]
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IDA Update
Dear Colleagues, The UB Individual Development Award (IDA) committee received notice that the final approvals from NYS GOER will be completed this week. Award letters will be sent out soon after we get the approvals. The committee would like to express our apologies for the delays due to the added GOER approval process. In Solidarity, […]
Dear Colleagues, The UB UUP Individual Development Award (IDA) committee completed their reviews for the current round of awards (21-22FY). Individuals who were not selected for an award have been notified. Other applicants will be informed after the NYS GOER Office completes the final step of the review process. Funding requests exceeded our available funds […]
Dear Colleagues, We received the following flier from UUP central yesterday afternoon. If you are part-time/contingent faculty, please consider becoming involved in the contract negotiations effort to have a voice on this topic. If you are interested, please email us at buffalocenter@uupmail.org or 716-276-3377. In solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center
Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to inform you that we have begun posting information about our preparations for negotiations in the Members Only section of the UUP website. As of this morning there are now three items posted and available for viewing by UUP members. These are: Our first Negotiations Bulletin which includes an overview […]
Dear Colleagues, Below you will find the Salary Equity and Compression Addendum Report Form. The form provides information to members on the amount of DSI funds available for compression/inversion to the University at Buffalo. It also provides information to help members, who recently received a letter informing them that they were receiving a Compression and […]
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Improper Practice Settlement
Dear Colleagues, In the Spring and Summer of 2020, almost all employees under the VPEM (admissions, financial aid, domestic and international admissions, etc.) were required to work weekend shifts to cover student tours. This was due to a lack of students on campus, who would normally be paid to do this work. UUP objected to […]
Dear Colleagues, As you may be aware, the university has now distributed 2021 discretionary salary increases and salary compression adjustments to all eligible UUP – represented employees. The roster outlining who received these payments and the amount that each employee received can be found at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18DCQQJ96t7-T633JIEa9dG1HpTq7L67d/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101160203750601616274&rtpof=true&sd=true The roster includes separate columns reflecting the amount each […]