Dear Colleagues, From the start of the pandemic, your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter has regularly interacted with the UB’s Departments of Employee Relations and Environmental Health & Safety regarding air quality issues. Recent efforts in pursuing those issues led the campus to issue the following article – https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2021/07/addressing-hvac.html Despite achieving several small victories, we are […]
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COVID-related Telecommuting
Dear Colleagues, Please be aware that GOER has extended the term of COVID-specific telecommuting for employees who demonstrate a telecommute need due to COVID-related childcare, elder care and illness. The extension runs through October 12, 2021. This COVID-need telecommuting differs from the SUNY-wide telecommuting Agreement that UB has identified as in effect as of September […]
Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is in need of 2 Faculty member volunteers to serve on the Individual Development Awards Committee (IDA), 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 […]
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Labor Day 2021
Dear Colleagues, As we look forward to celebrating Labor Day 2021, I would like to thank you, our members, for your increased participation and input into your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter. The backbone of any organization is its team. The team can only be a strong as each of your individual commitments to the Buffalo […]
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IDA Committee Members Needed
Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is in need of 2 Faculty member volunteers to serve on the Individual Development Awards Committee (IDA), 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 […]
Dear Colleagues: I hope you will please join me in attending the upcoming virtual town hall with our Congressmember, Brian Higgins at 11:30 AM, Tuesday, August 24. As you may have read, congress will soon be voting on the American Families Plan, and so it’s especially important for us now to be conveying our priorities to Higgins – and to be […]
Dear Colleagues, As the new Academic Year approaches, there is a renewed energy of excitement and enthusiasm as your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter becomes a more visible and persuasive organization on campus. As a member of the Buffalo Center Chapter now is the time for you to “take that first step” or the “next step […]
Dear Colleagues, I would like to inform you that Statewide UUP will be continuing to offer virtual NEO’s at NOON for new hires and others, to learn more about the benefits of being a UUP member and tips and tricks for maximizing your benefits. UUP NEOs at Noon are hosted every other Wednesday at 12 […]
Dear Colleagues, Are you on the north campus, and need a break from work during the summer? Want to get outside and enjoy the weather? UUP Buffalo Center members may hang out with fellow colleagues for some fun and games, as we will meet in the field near the Boat Dock (between the Center for the Arts, Student Union, and the […]
Dear Colleagues, Over 12 million people in the United States are struggling to make their monthly student loan payments, and millions more see economic and personal opportunities pass as they prioritize paying down their debt. Does this sound like you or someone you know? Many of these people may qualify for free federal programs that […]