Dear Colleagues, As a reminder, the vacation day cap (40 days) will be put back into place on January 1, 2023. “Any such unused excess vacation credits as of the close of business on December 31st, 2022 will be forfeited by employees.” The MOU signed between UUP and SUNY is not expected to be renewed. […]
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Dear Colleagues, I’m pleased to inform you that UUP Central has posted a new Negotiations Bulletin on the UUP Member’s Only webpage. This bulletin provides an overview of the proposals presented so far by both the State and UUP on Health Benefits, Leaves, Job Security, Telecommuting, and the Grievance and Disciplinary procedures, among others. It also […]
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Contract Negotiations Update
Please see the following from UUP Chief Negotiator Bret Benjamin: Dear Colleagues, I’m writing to update you on the progress of UUP’s current contract negotiations with New York State. Most notably, UUP has received conceptual proposals from New York State. The State’s proposals, which sketch out their priorities for this round of bargaining, have been posted […]
Dear Colleagues, At our most recent Formal Labor Management Meeting, concerns were brought to the attention of the administration regarding university exclusions to the Article 49 Provision. The UUP Buffalo Center was pleased to be informed late last week that “…the Provost has approved a change to UB’s implementation of the Article 49 provision. Beginning […]
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