Dear Colleagues: UUP has negotiated an automatic COVID 19 tenure and promotion extension clock stop. The MOA between SUNY and UUP applies only to faculty on a tenure track as of May 6, 2020. This provides the tenure track faculty an additional year due to COVID 19. https://uupinfo.org/resources/covid19/pdf/TenureClockMOA.pdf There is also a provision to opt out of the automatic clock stop. If the […]
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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, Please see the following from Statewide President Mr. Fred Kowal: Colleagues, I’m excited to announce UUP is joining forces with New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) to host a virtual rally to pressure the legislature to return to Albany and reinstate the New York Stock Transfer Tax. New York’s Stock Transfer Tax had […]
Dear Colleagues, Recently, the Chapter was informed of a message sent by a supervisor which included the following: 1. “All contractual increases (across-the boards, discretionary and compression) are currently paused.“ and 2. “If an employee wishes to submit a self-nomination they are welcome to do so but it is not required nor is there a October 30th deadline.” While […]
Dear Colleagues, Just a reminder on important upcoming dates for your Union negotiated benefits: Flex Spending Open Enrollment Period: Nov. 2-30, 2020 PEP Enrollment Period: Nov. 2-30, 2020 PTCP Election Period 2021: This program allows your Health insurance premiums to be deducted from your paycheck before taxes are withheld, date to be announced. Option Transfer Information […]
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following opportunities to attend a Statewide UUP Pre Retirement Seminar: Monday, November 30, 2020 Pre-Retirement Workshop (Part 1) Webinar 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. To RSVP click: https://forms.gle/tGSMD6kV9qWeVUVr9 Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Pre-Retirement Workshop (Part 2) Webinar 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. To RSVP click: https://forms.gle/tGSMD6kV9qWeVUVr9 Monday, December 14, 2020 Pre-Retirement Workshop (Part […]
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DSI Self Nomination Reminder
Dear Colleagues, The following remains the latest information we have with regards to the 2020 Discretionary Salary Increase (Non-Compression) process. As of this time, there has been no discussion of any postponement of this negotiated benefit. While the distributions of these funds are subject to the administrations discretion, members may nominate themselves for consideration into a portion of […]
Dear Colleagues, Recently, one of our members received the following information in follow up to a question on the Daily Health Check text messages you may be receiving on the weekends: “Unfortunately, there currently isn’t a way to turn off these notifications on weekends, but it is one of the items that will be included in the next round of […]
Dear Colleagues, Reminder: VOYA is offering the following course via ZOOM tomorrow, 10/23 @ noon. If you are interested, please email Molly Pecoraro to register. Her email is: molly@teamifs.com Evaluating your Investments – Beyond the basics This webinar moves beyond investment basics to evaluation investments using various portfolio Analysis tools and resources. Topics include an in depth […]
Dear Colleagues, This is a reminder that the Buffalo Center Chapter will be having the second in our series of workshops for the Fall 2020 semester next week: Topic: Workload CreepDate: Wednesday, October 28th, 2020Time: Noon – 2 p.m. If you haven’t done so already, please RSVP to the following link: https://forms.gle/9mbZyxsyebSB8ac77 Please note that this is Members […]