UUP Buffalo CenterDear Colleagues, As COVID discussions throughout the country and here at home continue around the various aspects of vaccinations and masking, an individual’s personal decision on compliance is not just recognized as your personal decision, but also a decision that affects those around you. The testing Memorandum of Agreement between UUP and SUNY (attached) requires all employees […]
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following from Statewide President, Mr. Fred Kowal: Colleagues, Next week our Outreach Committee will be hosting two virtual town hall meetings to gather input for the formulation of our 2022 Legislative Agenda. Please click the link below to register. 2022 Legislative Agenda Town Hall Registration Form: https://bit.ly/UUP2022TownHalls We have many challenges […]
Dear Colleagues, In follow up to the Chapter Board Meeting held yesterday and given that only 10% of those respondents to the Welcome Meeting to date plan on attending In-Person, the location of this meeting will be moved from the Student Union Theater to the Buffalo Center Chapter Office – The Commons – Suite 108. […]
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that a virtual Negotiations Townhall meeting for the Buffalo Center Chapter has been scheduled for 10/8/21 at 12pm. We will send out additional information and a meeting link as we get closer to the date. The Negotiations Townhall meeting will be led by UUP Chief Negotiator Bret Benjamin […]
Dear Colleagues, The Health and Safety Committee of your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter has investigated the advantages for allowing alternate work site locations options (telecommuting) to those staff who are able to from a Sustainability viewpoint. This research includes: 24 Million tons of global CO2 emissions would be removed if everyone in the world would work from home […]
Dear Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Kathleen “Kat” Kielar (your Chapter’s Vice President for Professionals), on her recent UUP Statewide appointment to the SUNY Joint Labor Management Health & Safety Committee! The SUNY Joint Labor Management Safety & Health Committee is a small committee which was created through your negotiated UUP contract with the […]
Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter will be hosting a hybrid Welcome Back Meeting. This meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 21st from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. and will be held in the Student Union Theater and utilizing the Zoom platform. Both members and non-members of the Buffalo Center Chapter are invited. Please RSVP your attendance to the following […]
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 […]
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 […]