Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is in need of volunteers (1 Professional member and 1 Faculty member) to serve on the Individual Development Awards Committee, a joint Labor/Management Committee. This committee is responsible for administering and reviewing the individual development award process offered by UUP. This committee is made up of UUP members who will work with management to determine how the awards are administered. Please use […]
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Vacation Leave Donation
Dear Colleagues, As you know, under Article 23.2e of the Contract, UUP employees can carry over 40 vacation days into the new year. Many of you have asked whether that maximum will be increased as a result of Covid this year. UUP has sought to modify the carryover cap this year, but so far have been […]
Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter will be hosting a General Membership Meeting utilizing the Zoom platform. This meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 9th from Noon – 2:00 p.m.Please RSVP your attendance to the following link, for membership verification, and to receive your meeting invitation (which will include the details on how to join the meeting).https://forms.gle/SXUr1o5thxQfBvsv5 […]
Dear Colleagues, The Buffalo Center Chapter is in need of someone to fill our vacant Officer for Contingent’s position. This will be a temporary appointment (upon Chapter Board approval) through June 30, 2021. The individual will focus on concerns and issues involving our “contingent” members including those in Adjunct and similar temporary positions. This individual would be required […]
Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter will be hosting a General Membership Meeting utilizing the Zoom platform. This meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 24th from Noon – 2:00 p.m. Please RSVP your attendance to the following link, for membership verification, and to receive your meeting invitation (which will include the details on how to join the […]
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Welcome
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the start of a new academic year, one we have never experienced before! UUP’s tagline is “The Union That Makes SUNY Work”, and this holds true as challenges due to the COVID Crisis are being met by our members and indeed are allowing the University at Buffalo to continue to provide academic […]
Colleagues, The following Adopted Resolution in Support of Protest for Social Justice and Non-Violent Policing was voted in favor of by the majority of those members attending the Membership Meeting today. In Solidarity, Ken KernPresident, Buffalo Center Chapter UUP520 Lee EntranceUB Commons, Suite 108Amherst, NY 14228(716) 276-3377
Colleagues, Please see the following Press Release from our Statewide President Fred Kowal. On this particular release, UUP tried to emphasise the lack of leadership from SUNY Administration. UUP prefers that the Governor be more direct in order SUNY to lead, and not prefer to have the Governor controlling SUNY that directly. Leadership must come […]
Dear Colleagues, Just because we are social distancing doesn’t mean we have to drink alone. Join your fellow UUP members for cocktails and conversation. Bring your favorite beverage and join us, Friday, June 26th – 5:00 p.m. Ken Kern is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Topic: Buffalo Center Chapter – Virtual Happy HourTime: Jun […]
Colleagues, Thank you for being a member of the UUP Family! The Buffalo Center Chapter of United University Professions represents all UB faculty and professional staff outside of the Health Sciences. Formed in 1973, UUP provides a collective voice for the improvement of terms and conditions of employment, advocacy for SUNY funding and to provide […]